{"product_id":"the-pickwick-papers-by-charles-dickens-9780140436112","title":"The Pickwick Papers","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe comic masterpiece that catapulted the 24-year-old Dickens to fame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Pickwick Papers\u003c\/em\u003e began as a literary spoof centred around sketches of stock sporting fops by caricaturist Robert Seymour. Following the success of \u003cem\u003eSketches by Boz\u003c\/em\u003e, Dickens was recruited to compose the words which would accompany the illustrations. Dickens quickly made the project his own and created some of his most popular characters—Samuel Pickwick, and his companions Winkle, Augustus Snodgrass, and Tracy Tupman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the height of its popularity, \u003cem\u003eThe Pickwick Papers\u003c\/em\u003e sold 40,000 copies a month and catapulted the 24-year-old Dickens to fame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46496213336300,"sku":"9780140436112","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27248893482237.jpg?v=1748494064","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-pickwick-papers-by-charles-dickens-9780140436112","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}