{"product_id":"9781605013626","title":"The Pickwick Papers: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club","description":"\u003cp\u003eTor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate \"reader friendly\" type sizes have been chosen for each title—offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Pickwick Papers\u003c\/i\u003e includes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword by Nancy Springer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Pickwick Club was founded by the most learned minds in London for the purpose of making a scientific tour of the world. Its distinguished members include Mr. Samuel Pickwick, Esq., G.C.M.PC., \u003ci\u003epresiding;\u003c\/i\u003e Augustus Snodgrass; Nathaniel Winkle; and Tracy Tupman, Esq. Yet no sooner have these gentlemen begun their historic journey than they are set upon by a charming but notorious con man, Alfred Jingle. So begins a series of hilarious misadventures that takes the incorrigibly innocent Pickwicks wandering around England, coming in contact with some of the most colorful and comical characters in all fiction, including Dr. Slammer, Dismal Jemmy Hutley, Job Trotter, Wilkins Flasher, and Mr. Serjeant Buzfuz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis was Dickens' first novel—and remains his funniest and most loved.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MobileReference","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133765435632,"sku":"9781605013626","price":0.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781605013626_p0.jpg?v=1763829516","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781605013626","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}