Other Fiction Dickens, Charles: The Pickwick Papers (Illustrated). v7. 31 Dec 2014.

HarryT · 05-30-2007, 12:52 PM

Undoubtedly, the adventures of benevolent Mr Pickwick, sensitive Mr Tupman, literary Mr Snodgrass and sportive Mr Winkle will continue to delight readers of all ages for a couple of hundreds of years more from now. Unlike the rest of Dickens's novels, this book is just the extremely enjoyable story of the four above-named gentlemen who decide to create a club of which Mr Pickwick is the main member. We follow them all around London, into the countryside and even inside a debtors' prison. On their way, they meet several memorable characters, including Mr Jingle, Job Trotter, Messrs Dodson and Fogg and even a couple of ladies two of them fall in love with. The novel has no main plot, resulting in a thoroughly enjoyable story that's read in a light, lively way. Moreover, "Pickwick Papers" is a wonderful insight into Victorian society, written in the way only Dickens can write.

Full illustrated with the original black and white illustrations by Seymour and Phiz.

This one was a real pain to do, by the way. It's full of songs, verses, letters, etc, all of which needed extensive re-formatting from the PG original. Took hours and hours to produce.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 18 Dec 07

Completely recreated the book. Improved the formatting and added illustrations. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 21 Mar 07

Recreated the book to sort out problems with paragraph endings. Improved the layout and formatting. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 11 Dec 08

Thoroughly proofed against several different printed editions. Hundreds of minor corrections made as a result; the book is now in a pretty good state. Uploaded v5.

EDIT: 16 Oct 09

Replaced the cover to be consistent with the rest of the MR Dickens series; made internal changes to the HTML code to improve it (these have no visible impact for the reader). Uploaded v6.

EDIT: 31 Dec 14

Thoroughly proof-read against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens" edition. Innumerable errors corrected. General improvements to the formatting, such as replacing straight quotes with curly quotes. I would now regard this as a finished product, so please let me know if you find even the smallest error. Uploaded v7.

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UncleDuke · 05-30-2007, 01:38 PM

i do, i do

i load books on sunday, for this one i'll load today

thanks

RWood · 05-30-2007, 05:48 PM

Beautiful job on the formatting Harry.

HarryT · 12-18-2007, 02:18 PM

Completely recreated the book. Improved the formatting and added illustrations. Uploaded v2.

HarryT · 03-21-2008, 12:14 PM

Recreated the book to sort out problems with paragraph endings. Improved the layout and formatting. Uploaded v4.

Yarrow · 03-28-2008, 07:07 PM

Brilliant. Thanks Harry. Greetings to Warrington from Chorley!!!

Jelis · 07-01-2008, 10:10 AM

Thank you for The Pickwick Papers. Downloaded a version elsewhere and did a comparison: yours is by far the best. Love the preface to the original edition, the hyperlinks to the illustrations. Excellent.

Jelis

Jelis · 07-01-2008, 10:14 AM

I just had a good laugh: tried to give you some well-deserved karma and got this message:
"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to HarryT again!"

Jelis

Stanart · 07-01-2008, 09:03 PM

Its a little belated, but thanks Harry. This is another of my all time favorite books and real pleasure to read.

I just downloaded it and looked at it on my laptop. Beautifully produced with nice layout and clean illustrations.

acidzebra · 12-03-2008, 05:03 AM

Well done Harry.

HarryT · 12-03-2008, 07:23 AM

I've nearly finished my close proof-reading of this book, and will be uploading a new version in the next week. You might want to wait for the new version if you've not yet started reading it. The new version will have hundreds of corrections; nothing vital, but still the overall effect is a lot better.

acidzebra · 12-03-2008, 08:09 AM

Ooooh, tempting... I've ignored this one for far too long because the Gutenberg version looked so dreadful, so what is one more week?

HarryT · 12-11-2008, 07:01 AM

Thoroughly proofed against several different printed editions. Hundreds of minor corrections made as a result; the book is now in a pretty good state. Uploaded v5.

HarryT · 10-16-2009, 05:50 AM

Replaced the cover to be consistent with the rest of the MR Dickens series; made internal changes to the HTML code to improve it (these have no visible impact for the reader). Uploaded v6.

HarryT · 12-31-2014, 10:21 AM

Thoroughly proof-read against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens" edition. Innumerable errors corrected. General improvements to the formatting, such as replacing straight quotes with curly quotes. I would now regard this as a finished product, so please let me know if you find even the smallest error. Uploaded v7.

07-01-2008, 09:03 PM	#9
Stanart Addict Posts: 223 Karma: 7385 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Central California Device: Handspring Visor, Sony PRS-500 Reader	Its a little belated, but thanks Harry. This is another of my all time favorite books and real pleasure to read. I just downloaded it and looked at it on my laptop. Beautifully produced with nice layout and clean illustrations. Last edited by Stanart; 07-01-2008 at 09:11 PM.

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UncleDuke books & doughnuts Posts: 882 Karma: 37857 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: usa Device: sony reader, kindle2	i do, i do i load books on sunday, for this one i'll load today thanks

05-30-2007, 05:48 PM	#3
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	Beautiful job on the formatting Harry.

12-18-2007, 02:18 PM	#4
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Completely recreated the book. Improved the formatting and added illustrations. Uploaded v2.

03-21-2008, 12:14 PM	#5
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Recreated the book to sort out problems with paragraph endings. Improved the layout and formatting. Uploaded v4.

03-28-2008, 07:07 PM	#6
Yarrow Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lancashire, UK Device: Sony PRS500& PRS505; iPad; and Kindle	Brilliant. Thanks Harry. Greetings to Warrington from Chorley!!!

07-01-2008, 10:10 AM	#7
Jelis Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 742 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: France Device: sony 505	Thank you for The Pickwick Papers. Downloaded a version elsewhere and did a comparison: yours is by far the best. Love the preface to the original edition, the hyperlinks to the illustrations. Excellent. Jelis

07-01-2008, 10:14 AM	#8
Jelis Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 742 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: France Device: sony 505	I just had a good laugh: tried to give you some well-deserved karma and got this message: "You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to HarryT again!" Jelis

12-03-2008, 05:03 AM	#10
acidzebra Liseuse Lover Posts: 869 Karma: 1035404 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Netherlands Device: PRS-505	Well done Harry.

12-03-2008, 07:23 AM	#11
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I've nearly finished my close proof-reading of this book, and will be uploading a new version in the next week. You might want to wait for the new version if you've not yet started reading it. The new version will have hundreds of corrections; nothing vital, but still the overall effect is a lot better.

12-03-2008, 08:09 AM	#12
acidzebra Liseuse Lover Posts: 869 Karma: 1035404 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Netherlands Device: PRS-505	Ooooh, tempting... I've ignored this one for far too long because the Gutenberg version looked so dreadful, so what is one more week?

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12-11-2008, 07:01 AM	#13
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Thoroughly proofed against several different printed editions. Hundreds of minor corrections made as a result; the book is now in a pretty good state. Uploaded v5.

10-16-2009, 05:50 AM	#14
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Replaced the cover to be consistent with the rest of the MR Dickens series; made internal changes to the HTML code to improve it (these have no visible impact for the reader). Uploaded v6.

12-31-2014, 10:21 AM	#15
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Thoroughly proof-read against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens" edition. Innumerable errors corrected. General improvements to the formatting, such as replacing straight quotes with curly quotes. I would now regard this as a finished product, so please let me know if you find even the smallest error. Uploaded v7.