The Pickwick Papers - a novel by Charles Dickens, an English writer who is regarded żeby many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.
The novel's protagonist Samuel Pickwick, Esquire is a kind and wealthy old gentleman, the founder and perpetual president of the Pickwick Club. He suggests that he and three other "Pickwickians" should make journeys to places remote from London and report on their findings to the other members of the club. Their travels throughout the English countryside żeby coach provide the chief subject matter of the novel.