The Pickwick Papers Benjamin Percy 'A triumph of dramatic skill:

'A triumph of dramatic skill: the handling of the two levels of the play is masterly and Eliot's verse registers its greatest achievement on the stage - passages of great lyrical beauty are incorporated into the dialogue

The situation becomes more serious when two of the French scholars die in sinister circumstances

Incendiary forces us to see what we'd rather not see

this is thriller writing at its absolute best' Chris Whitaker

corruption and deceptions both great and small

The Pickwick Papers Benjamin Percy 'A triumph of dramatic skill:The Pickwick Papers is Dickens' first novel and widely regarded as one of the major classics of comic writing in English. Originally serialised in monthly instalments, it quickly became a huge popular success with sales reaching 40,000 by the final part. In the century and a half since its first appearance, the characters of Mr Pickwick, Sam Weller and the whole of the Pickwickian crew have entered the consciousness of all who love English literature