The Pickwick Papers — Charles Dickens | A Level Student Guide | Coleman’s Notes CN-SG047
Travel through Dickens’s England with Mr Pickwick, Sam Weller and the extraordinary characters of The Pickwick Papers.
Dickens’s first novel is much more than a collection of comic adventures. Behind its exuberant humour lies a perceptive examination of friendship, class, law, debt, politics, social pretension, hypocrisy and human generosity.
This comprehensive Coleman’s Notes® Student Guide follows the complete novel through all 57 chapters, explaining not only what happens but why each episode matters.
Students can trace Samuel Pickwick’s development from enthusiastic and sometimes naïve observer to a wiser and more practically compassionate man, while exploring the importance of Sam Weller, Alfred Jingle, Winkle, Wardle, Mrs Bardell, Dodson and Fogg, Tony Weller and Mr Stiggins.
The guide examines Dickens’s distinctive use of comedy, satire, caricature, dialogue, irony, episodic structure, embedded stories and social observation, together with the historical background to serial publication, coaching England, elections, the legal system and debtors’ prisons.
The extensive examination section then turns literary understanding into practical preparation through five essay plans, five model answers, practice examination questions, 25 Exam & Revision Questions, common mistakes, a revision checklist and Quick Recall section.
Written at A Level English Literature standard and suitable for students, teachers, tutors, home educators and serious independent readers.
CN-SG047 | Digital Student Guide | £6.95
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