The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (also known as The Pickwick Papers) was Charles Dickens's first novel.

He was asked to contribute to the project as an up-and-coming writer following the success of Sketches by Boz, published in 1836.
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Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) was an English writer and social critic.

He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.

His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius.

His novels and short stories are still widely read today.
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