PickwickPapers

Little Women (Little Women, #1) | Louisa May Alcott

Ch 10: the Pickwick Club #ilovethisclub #pickwickpapers #whatsapickwickclubwithoutSam #enterLaurie #clubmailbox #shouldbefun #letsnotsleeponthegardenthough #itmustbebeautiful #perfectrepresentation #hashtagbrigade

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Bookwormjillk Love the thought of the garden 6mo

dabbe So much fun and delight in this chapter. I loved reading the papers, too! 🤩 6mo

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TheAromaofBooks Literally the reason I finally read Pickwick Papers last year was because I've always meant to thanks to all the references in Little Women 😂 It was pretty exciting to actually recognize all the Pickwick characters today haha 6mo

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks yes!! 6mo

kspenmoll This was such a fun chapter, reading the papers was fabulous- such creativity & organization & voting against Laurie joining, then voting ti let him in. 6mo

kspenmoll @Bookwormjillk Their own gardens so reflective of who each sister was- i love the flowers/veg that each chose 6mo

Clare-Dragonfly The gardens always remind me of the beginning of The Little Mermaid! The mermaid princesses have their own garden plots too. 🥰 Any insights to share from having actually read Pickwick Papers? I never have (or read Pilgrim‘s Progress… just noticing all the alliteration) even though I‘ve read Little Women so many times! 6mo

julieclair I can‘t wait to see how the mailbox gets used! 6mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly the descriptions of why each girl took their PP name is spot on. Those 4 men have a ridiculous number of adventures in a really fat book, and they have a club as well. Sam Weller was Pickwick‘s manservant. It‘s hard to describe the story though 🤣 6mo

Clare-Dragonfly I would not have guessed that Sam Weller was a servant! That does shed some light and is a fun reversal of position on Laurie‘s part. ❤️ 5mo

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KVanRead

The Annotated Dickens | Edward Guilano, Phillip Collins

#footnotegeek ...a round of camphor juleps, anyone??? Nope. I think we'll probably pass. As for the medical definition of julep, I suspect many a bartender would probably concur that it makes the medicine go down quite pleasantly indeed. ☺️ #PickwickPapers

Ericmanciniwriter There is no end to the annotated Dickens - I love it 7y

KVanRead @Eamann Nah, it will come to end eventually, but at the rate I'm going on Serial Reader, its going to be a good, long while.😅 7y

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KVanRead

The Annotated Dickens | Edward Guilano, Phillip Collins

#footnotegeek with a fun Friday fact with which to impress your cab or ride share driver this weekend... a hackney is a type of horse! 🐎 #PickwickPapers

Zelma There's a restaurant up in Chicago-area called Hackney's. now the horse on the sign makes sense! 👍 7y

KVanRead @Zelma Awesome! Love it when random book knowledge makes sense of things.🤣 7y

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KVanRead

The Annotated Dickens | Edward Guilano, Phillip Collins

Couldn't agree more here with John Forster, Dickens biographer. The part of #PickwickPapers set in the Fleet Prison is by far my favorite so far. Leave it to Dickens to take what was intended to be a comic, farcical look at the genteel sporting life and use it to shine a light on the plight of those confined to debtors prison. #footnotegeek

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KVanRead

The Annotated Dickens | Edward Guilano, Phillip Collins

"By one set of intimate acquaintances, especially well informed, he has been killed outright; by another, driven mad; by a third, imprisoned for debt..."
Such was the popularity of The #PickwickPapers, that this was the blow back when its author took a month off to mourn the loss of his beloved sister-in-law Mary Hogarth! #footnotegeek

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KVanRead

The Annotated Dickens | Edward Guilano, Phillip Collins

#footnotegeek ...18th and 19th centuries are sounding awfully civilized. #PickwickPapers

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KVanRead

The Annotated Dickens | Edward Guilano, Phillip Collins

#footnotegeek @Riveted_Reader_Melissa More proof for your theory —it turns out Pickwick was a real name too! #InHonorofSpankle #Spankle #PickwickPapers

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Hahaha! See Dickens knew the basics.....write what you know! 8y

KVanRead @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Exactly. One of the main reasons we're still reading him. 8y

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KVanRead

The Annotated Dickens | Edward Guilano, Phillip Collins

#footnotegeek finding more evidence on the next page...the stern, glowering Mr. Justice Stareleigh was based on a real judge named Gazelee?! Truth really is stranger than fiction...and Lord Brain would no doubt agree. 😂 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Eamann #InHonorogSpankle #Spankle #PickwickPapers

Riveted_Reader_Melissa You are just reinforcing my theory now! 😂 8y

Texreader That's pretty cool! 8y

KVanRead @Texreader I love discovering this stuff!! 8y

Ericmanciniwriter Lord brain!!!! 8y

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KVanRead

The Annotated Dickens | Edward Guilano, Phillip Collins

#footnotegeek musing that while it seems Dickens did have a thing for oddball names...dude's actual name was Bompas?! @Riveted_Reader_Melissa #InHonorofSpankle #Spankle #PickwickPapers

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Hahahaha! See maybe he thought of those as normal names! 8y

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KVanRead

The Annotated Dickens | Edward Guilano, Phillip Collins

#footnotegeek 19th Century insults edition. In case you were all wondering what a cad really is...you're welcome!🤓#PickwickPapers

LeahBergen Cool! 8y

KVanRead @LeahBergen 👍🤓 8y

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