The Pickwick Papers | 
pickFinished Pickwick tonight and am entirely pleased with it. What a satisfying book and what a good egg was Mr. Pickwick. I so enjoyed sharing in his adventures and am already looking forward to my next Dickens. #whatthedickens
October Reads. I did finish the Decorating Club in October as well.
Done! That was fabulous, I just love me some Dickens! #whatthedickens #happilyeverafter it doesn‘t help much with #scarathlon2021 lol but it was a nice long book that earned me lots of reading hours! #teamhendrix @StayCurious @Clwojick @Lcsmcat thanks for reading along with me! Looking forward to the next one!
pickAnd they all lived happily ever after - even Job Trotter! I thoroughly enjoyed this early Dickens. His humor shines through and you can see the themes that are to occupy his pen for years. Thanks for the inspiration @Cuilin and all the #whatthedickens readers. Especially @BarkingMadRun for keeping me company through the world of Pickwickians.
Chapter 51, and we‘re back to “blue v. buff” and the rival editors! #whatthedickens @BarkingMadRun @Cuilin
I may be reading ahead, but I‘m desperate to get Mr. Pickwick out of debtors‘ prison! #whatthedickens
I enjoy Dickens generally speaking. Found this novel hard to get engrossed in. Of course the prose & vocabulary are difficult to slog through. The meandering disjointed stories are hard to follow as well.
I‘ve read a lot of Dickens, but this is my first time for Pickwick, and I‘m getting the feeling he was exploring many of the themes he would expound on in later novels. I‘m getting heavy Bleak House vibes in this section, where Pickwick is in the law courts! #whatthedickens @BarkingMadRun @quietjenn
I'm not entirely sure that #whatthedickens is still a going concern - and if so I am pretty belated in starting (September had a lot going on!). But! I have matter a tiny dent into Pickwick this weekend. I still can't keep the companions straight, but am finding it very funny.
This chapter resonates with today‘s politics- substitute blue and red for blue and buff. But I‘m most amused by the thought of a band comprised of trumpets, drums, and bassoons! #whatthedickens @Cuilin @BarkingMadRun
Dickens gets humans. And he‘s making me wish I had an illustrated edition of this one! #whatthedickens @Cuilin
My reading goals for September. Already in progress are the Dickens for #whatthedickens, Wharton for #whartonbuddyread, Shakespeare for #shakespearereadalong and the Smiley for my irl book club. The Allison is my #bookspin and Roth my #doublespin, and the Undset for #kristinl. The Hoffma is for #authoramonth, and also needs to be read. Right before the lockdown in March 2020 it was loaned to me by a woman I sang with in church choir. 👇🏻
So happy to be back with my first favorite author and the #whatthedickens crew! Happy September. 🙂 @Cuilin
“There are very few moments in a man‘s existence when he experiences so much ludicrous distress, or meets with so little charitable commiseration, as when he is in pursuit of his own hat.”
pickI‘m going to try and record all of my reads this year here since my blog is just not happening at the moment. First finished was THE PICKWICK PAPERS and, past the worst first chapter of any book I have ever read, was an interesting collection of stories within stories with lots of humor, some sadness, and a bit of good old Dickens moralizing about the poor. I‘m glad I finally got to this one!
pickNot my favourite story by Dickens but a worthwhile listen as the narrator really brought life to the characters. This story was originally serialised and that‘s apparent, as each chapter is a different adventure for the main players. Some chapters were a tad rambling and I found my attention wandering, but the inimitable Alfred Jingle brought me right back every time he made an appearance. A wonderful character! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I can‘t resist today‘s #AudibleDailyDeal. I‘ve only read two Dickens‘ books (A Christmas Carol and Great Expectations) but found them both to be delightful. It‘s time to immerse myself into his world of satire again.
#Audible
Just completed The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens first novel. Not my favorite amongst Dickens‘ novels. It is his first though written at the age of 24 in 1836, and Queen Victoria was found laughing off her chair while reading this. Has a English Don Quixote vibe of going on multiple adventures throughout England.
I had to share a sample of the incredible illustrations by Charles Keeping. Such a gorgeous book!
Moray, I would say, “you shouldn‘t have,” but I‘m so grateful you did! What a lovely vintage Folio of a Dickens I‘ve yet to read! Thank you, my friend, for this beautiful, generous gift and for sharing your love of books with me. ♥️♥️♥️
#QuotsyApr19 Day 27: I didn‘t know of “Ode to an Expiring #Frog “ - one of the few Dickens novels I haven‘t read yet.
pickNo other author than charles dickens would had made this 900 pages of behemoth novel such hilariously playful. While containing no plot but authentic narration, The Pickwick Papers is full of wittiness. P.s- I hearby announce myself as a pickwikian. #Charlesdickens
Thank you @Book_Lust for the sweet package! It contains all my favorite things: Dickens, coffee, and caramel! I am thankful for your kindness! ☕️
@JamieLou thank you for hosting this fun swap! #thankfulforbooksswap #thankfulforbooks 📚
“It is the fate of most men who mingle with the world, and attain even the prime of life, to make many real friends, and lose them in the course of nature. It is the fate of all authors or chroniclers to create imaginary friends, and lose them in the course of art. Nor is this the full extent of their misfortunes; for they are required to furnish an account of them besides.” #Author #QuotsyNov18
pickA rather delightful, slice-of-life look at the peregrinations of one middle-aged, benevolent-if-slightly-daft, bachelor Mr Pickwick and his three younger but similarly inclined friends. Dickens provides a window - comical as it is - to how people spent their leisure time, drinking punch and telling stories to complete strangers in the roadside inn dining room. The story really picks up around Chapter 10 with the introduction of Mr. Samuel Weller.
I love these illustrated little pocket editions!!! And they‘re even more beautiful without their sleeves! Liking this book so far!
pickI have read a lot if Dickens and love him. I loved this too but it is different than his other novels and I don't recommend you start with this one if you want to read Dickens. It is filled with fantastic characters and wonderful stories of Mr. Pickwick and his adventures but it is also clear that it was originally published in serial format, which is how I suggest reading it 😊
My cat Luna is kind of ridiculously spoiled. #catsoflitsy
And what did I discover during my trip to Lucerne? A #SamuelPickwick hotel! #DickensianDecember
Just discovered the #DickensianDecember challenge and I‘m so excited! Thank you @jenniferw88 for this great idea. And for #SamuelPickwick I just happen to have snapped this picture of his statue at The Great Dickens Christmas Fair 2 weeks ago. Doesn‘t he look festive?
I just discovered that Debussy wrote a Prelude in honor of #SamuelPickwick. #dickensianDecember #whenfavoritescollide @jenniferw88
#currentlyreading and #currentlylistening at the same time. #classics #dickens
Staying in a hotel which first saw life as a monastery in the 1300s, then became a manor house and later an inn. We're in the room where Charles Dickens wrote some of the Pickwick Papers. Comfy four poster bed. I could even be inspired to work on my first novel, "Bart Spargleberg: Gnome Detective".
pickWhile lacking the suspense, drama, and intensity of some of his later works, Dickens' first novel is an often delightful and fascinating way to time travel through all walks of life in Victorian England. He turns a sometimes comic but also unflinching eye not just on private society but on the politics, courts, press, prisons and professions of the day with some surprising and sad parallels to today. Enjoyed seeing his immense talent emerge!
So we've all agreed the media has never been nastier or more polarized, right??? Um, well, seems it's been like that since Dickens day...and this scene ends up in a full on brawl between the two newspapermen!
Just a sampling of the #crazychapterheadings in Dickens' work! #splashintosummerreads @Tiffy_Reads
