Written for publication as a serial, The Pickwick Papers is a sequence of loosely-related adventures. Its main literary value and appeal is formed by its numerous memorable characters. Each character in The Pickwick Papers, as in many other Dickens novels, is drawn comically, often with exaggerated personalities.
The novel's main character, Mr. Samuel Pickwick, is a kind and wealthy old gentleman, the founder of the Pickwick Club. Following his description in the text, he is usually portrayed by illustrators as a round-faced, clean-shaven, portly gentleman wearing spectacles. Mr. Pickwick travels with his friends, Mr. Nathaniel Winkle, Mr. Augustus Snodgrass, and Mr. Tracy Tupman, and their peregrinations through the English countryside provide the chief theme of the novel.
Alfred Jingle provides the Papers with an aura of comic villainy. His misadventures repeatedly land the Pickwickians in trouble. (These include Jingle's elopement with the spinster, Aunt Rachael of Dingley Dell manor, misadventures with Dr. Slammer, and others).
Other notable adventures include Mr. Pickwick's legal case against his landlady, Mrs Bardell, who (through an apparent misunderstanding on her part) is suing him for the breach of promise to marry her. Another is Mr. Pickwick's incarceration at the Fleet for his stubborn refusal to pay the compensation to her; the unscrupulous Dodson and Fogg's law firm prosecuted poor Pickwick.
Mr. Pickwick, Sam Weller, and Weller Senior also appear in Dickens's serial, Master Humphrey's Clock.
07 – How Mr. Winkle, instead of shooting at the Pigeon and killing the Crow, shot at the Crow and wounded the Pigeon; the Dingley Dell Cricket Club plays All-Muggleton, and All-Muggleton dines at the Dingley Dell Expense; with other interesting matters – 00:26:19 [mp3@64kbps - 12.6MB] [mp3@128kbps - 25.2MB] [ogg vorbis - 13.9MB] Read by: roolynninms
11 – Involving another Journey, and an Antiquarian Discovery; Recording Mr. Pickwick’s Determination to be present at an Election; and containing a Manuscript of the old Clergyman’s – 00:44:36 [mp3@64kbps - 26.7MB] [mp3@128kbps - 53.5MB] [ogg vorbis - 32.8MB] Read by: Patti Brugman
15 – In which is given a faithful Portraiture of two distinguished Persons; and an accurate Description of a public Breakfast in their House and Grounds: which public Breakfast leads to the Recognition of an old Acquaintance – 00:36:33 [mp3@64kbps - 21.9MB] [mp3@128kbps - 43.8MB] [ogg vorbis - 26.9MB] Read by: Patti Brugman
20 – Showing how Dodson and Fogg were Men of Business, and their Clerks Men of pleasure; and how an affecting Interview took place between Mr. Weller and his long-lost Parent; showing also what Choice Spirits assembled at the Magpie and Stump, and what a – 00:38:16 [mp3@64kbps - 18.3MB] [mp3@128kbps - 36.7MB] [ogg vorbis - 31.1MB] Read by: Patti Brugman
24 – Wherein Mr. Peter Magnus grows jealous, and the middle-aged Lady apprehensive, which brings the Pickwickians within the Grasp of the Law – 00:33:52 [mp3@64kbps - 16.2MB] [mp3@128kbps - 32.5MB] [ogg vorbis - 18.7MB] Read by: Kirsten Ferreri
25 – Showing, among a Variety of pleasant Matters, how majestic and impartial Mr. Nupkins was; and how Mr. Weller returned Mr. Job Trotter’s Shuttlecock as heavily as it came–With another Matter, which will be found in its Place – 00:41:38 [mp3@64kbps - 19.9MB] [mp3@128kbps - 39.9MB] [ogg vorbis - 21.7MB] Read by: Debra Lynn
28 – A good-humoured Christmas Chapter, containing an Account of a Wedding, and some other Sports beside: which although in their Way even as good Customs as Marriage itself, are not quite so religiously kept up, in these degenerate Times – 01:03:52 [mp3@64kbps - 30.6MB] [mp3@128kbps - 61.3MB] [ogg vorbis - 34.0MB] Read by: Alan Chant
30 – How the Pickwickians made and cultivated the Acquaintance of a Couple of nice young Men belonging to one of the liberal Professions; how they disported themselves on the Ice; and how their Visit came to a Conclusion – 00:28:00 [mp3@64kbps - 13.4MB] [mp3@128kbps - 26.8MB] [ogg vorbis - 14.7MB] Read by: Debra Lynn
33 – Mr. Weller the elder delivers some Critical Sentiments respecting Literary Composition; and, assisted by his Son Samuel, pays a small Instalment of Retaliation to the Account of the Reverend Gentleman with the Red Nose – 00:39:11 [mp3@64kbps - 18.8MB] [mp3@128kbps - 37.6MB] [ogg vorbis - 19.8MB] Read by: Debra Lynn
36 – The chief Features of which will be found to be an authentic Version of the Legend of Prince Bladud, and a most extraordinary Calamity that befell Mr. Winkle – 00:29:00 [mp3@64kbps - 13.9MB] [mp3@128kbps - 27.8MB] [ogg vorbis - 15.0MB] Read by: Debra Lynn
37 – Honourably accounts for Mr. Weller’s Absence, by describing a Soiree to which he was invited and went; also relates how he was intrusted by Mr. Pickwick with a Private Mission of Delicacy and Importance – 00:31:45 [mp3@64kbps - 19.0MB] [mp3@128kbps - 38.1MB] [ogg vorbis - 23.5MB] Read by: Patti Brugman
42 – Illustrative, like the preceding one, of the old Proverb, that Adversity brings a Man acquainted with strange Bedfellows–Likewise containing Mr. Pickwick’s extraordinary and startling Announcement to Mr. Samuel Weller – 00:34:56 [mp3@64kbps - 16.7MB] [mp3@128kbps - 33.5MB] [ogg vorbis - 18.2MB] Read by: Debra Lynn
44 – Treats of divers little Matters which occurred in the Fleet, and of Mr. Winkle’s mysterious Behaviour; and shows how the poor Chancery Prisoner obtained his Release at last – 00:32:43 [mp3@64kbps - 15.7MB] [mp3@128kbps - 31.4MB] [ogg vorbis - 17.4MB] Read by: Debra Lynn
45 – Descriptive of an affecting Interview between Mr. Samuel Weller and a Family Party. Mr. Pickwick makes a Tour of the diminutive World he inhabits, and resolves to mix with it, in Future, as little as possible – 00:40:43 [mp3@64kbps - 19.5MB] [mp3@128kbps - 39.0MB] [ogg vorbis - 32.0MB] Read by: Patti Brugman
47 – Is chiefly devoted to Matters of Business, and the temporal Advantage of Dodson and Fogg–Mr. Winkle reappears under extraordinary Circumstances–Mr. Pickwick’s Benevolence proves stronger than his Obstinacy – 00:27:12 [mp3@64kbps - 13.0MB] [mp3@128kbps - 26.1MB] [ogg vorbis - 12.7MB] Read by: Edward Elmer
48 – Relates how Mr. Pickwick, with the Assistance of Samuel Weller, essayed to soften the Heart of Mr. Benjamin Allen, and to mollify the Wrath of Mr. Robert Sawyer – 00:31:34 [mp3@64kbps - 15.1MB] [mp3@128kbps - 30.3MB] [ogg vorbis - 17.4MB] Read by: Simon Evers
51 – In which Mr. Pickwick encounters an old Acquaintance–To which fortunate Circumstance the Reader is mainly indebted for Matter of thrilling Interest herein set down, concerning two great Public Men of Might and Power – 00:33:24 [mp3@64kbps - 16.0MB] [mp3@128kbps - 32.0MB] [ogg vorbis - 16.9MB] Read by: Edward Elmer
53 – Comprising the final Exit of Mr. Jingle and Job Trotter, with a great Morning of business in Gray’s Inn Square–Concluding with a Double Knock at Mr. Perker’s Door – 00:28:58 [mp3@64kbps - 13.9MB] [mp3@128kbps - 27.8MB] [ogg vorbis - 15.2MB] Read by: Debra Lynn
54 – Containing some Particulars relative to the Double Knock, and other Matters: among which certain interesting Disclosures relative to Mr. Snodgrass and a Young Lady are by no Means irrelevant to this History – 00:32:15 [mp3@64kbps - 19.3MB] [mp3@128kbps - 38.7MB] [ogg vorbis - 24.2MB] Read by: Patti Brugman
56 – An important Conference takes place between Mr. Pickwick and Samuel Weller, at which his Parent assists–An old Gentleman in a snuff- coloured Suit arrives unexpectedly – 00:28:02 [mp3@64kbps - 13.5MB] [mp3@128kbps - 26.9MB] [ogg vorbis - 14.7MB] Read by: Debra Lynn
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