The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

First published in 1836, Charles Dickens’s The Pickwick Papers (originally titled The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club) is a delightful comic masterpiece that launched Dickens’s literary career. The novel follows the misadventures of the kind-hearted and naïve Mr. Pickwick and his fellow club members as they travel through the English countryside, encountering eccentric characters and hilarious mishaps. Filled with warmth, sharp social observations, and Dickens’s trademark humor, The Pickwick Papers is a joyous celebration of friendship and the quirks of human nature, and remains one of his most beloved works.