{"product_id":"death-and-mr-pickwick-9781250094667","title":"Death and Mr. Pickwick","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"So dramatically convincing that it is all the more surprising how much of it is historically verifiable . . . [Jarvis] has written a novel that reflects upon the world-altering effects of novel reading.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Atlantic \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeath and Mr. Pickwick\u003c\/i\u003e by Stephen Jarvis is a vast, richly imagined, Dickensian work about the rough-and-tumble world that produced an author who defined an age. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club\u003c\/i\u003e, featuring the fat and lovable Mr. Pickwick and his cockney manservant, Sam Weller, began as a series of whimsical sketches, the brainchild of the brilliant, erratic, misanthropic illustrator named Robert Seymour. When Seymour's publishers, after trying to match his magical etchings with a number of writers, settled on a young storyteller using the pen name Boz, as the young Charles Dickens signed his work, \u003ci\u003eThe Pickwick Papers \u003c\/i\u003ewent on to become a worldwide phenomenon, and Dickens became, in the eyes of many, the most important writer of his time. The fate of Robert Seymour, Mr. Pickwick's creator, was a very different story--one untold before now. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFew novels deserve to be called magnificent: \u003ci\u003eDeath and Mr. Pickwick\u003c\/i\u003e is one of them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Jarvis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.60w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250094667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Jarvis\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Essex, England. Following graduate studies at Oxford University, he quickly tired of his office job and began doing unusual things every weekend and writing about them for \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e. These activities included learning the flying trapeze, walking on red-hot coals, getting hypnotized to revisit past lives, and entering the British Snuff-Taking Championship.\u003ci\u003eDeath and Mr. Pickwick\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel. He lives in Berkshire, England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martins Press-3PL","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44961790623859,"sku":"9781250094667","price":52.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_7f5859cd-8b26-42ee-8248-bd4e8406e9f5.jpg?v=1778597226","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/death-and-mr-pickwick-9781250094667","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}