ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (also known as The Pickwick Papers) was Charles Dickens’s first novel.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Pickwick Papers, in full The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, novel by Charles Dickens, first published serially from 1836 to 1837 under the pseudonym Boz and in book form in 1837.

Detailed explanation-3: -The novel was published by Chapman & Hall in twenty monthly numbers, from April 1836 to November 1837. The first two parts include illustrations by Seymour; the rest of the images were done by H.K. Browne, who became Dickens’ chief illustrator.

Detailed explanation-4: -Samuel Pickwick is a fictional character and the main protagonist in The Pickwick Papers (1836), the first novel by author Charles Dickens.

Detailed explanation-5: -The novel was published in 19 issues over 20 months by Chapman and Hall, London in 1836.