| Postcards of the past |
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| Charles Dickens "The Pickwick papers" |
| "Mr Pickwick went slowly and gravely down the slide, with his feet about a yard and a quarter apart." |
| " " Come, gentlemen', continued Mr Pickwick, still retaining his hold upon the jar, 'a toast: Our friends at Dingley Dell.' " |
| " 'Wery good power o' suction, Sammy. You'd ha' made an uncommon fine oyster, Sammy, if you'd been born in that station o' life' " |
| The Rev Stiggins. |
| Sam Weller. |
| "Nothin' the matter" said Mr Pickwick. "We- we're all right ain't we." |
| Raphael Tuck and Sons produced a series of postcards entitled "In Dickens Land" which show scenes from the author's novels, or places which appear in them. This one is an episode from "The Pickwick Papers". |
| "In walked Mr Job Trotter." |
| Two impressions of Alfred Jingle. |
| "Damages, gentlemen - heavy damages - is the only punishment with which you can visit him; the only recompense you can award to my client. And for those damages she now appeals to an enlightened, a high-minded, a right-feeling, a conscientious, a dispassionate, a sympathising, a contemplative jury of her civilised countrymen." |
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| This was Dickens's first major work, and was published by Chapman and Hall in monthly parts between March 1836 and October 1837. It was a huge success and launched the author's literary career. There is a great website with lots more information - follow this link. |
| "The lady pointed to the door." |