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Violence
Barely any
Slapstick misadventures; a duel threatened but averted; period roughness rather than graphic violence
Language
None
No profanity; Victorian register throughout
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking is a consistent and celebratory presence throughout; one interpolated story addresses alcoholism
Emotional Intensity
None
Mild: largely comic and optimistic; some darker interpolated tales about poverty and despair
What this book is about
Charles Dickens' first novel follows the genial Mr. Samuel Pickwick and the members of his Pickwick Club on a series of comic journeys through 1820s England. Episodic and sprawling, the novel is a love letter to an earlier England, full of inns, coaches, elections, and eccentric characters — most memorably the irrepressible Sam Weller. While the humor is largely gentle and the novel's spirit optimistic, interpolated stories include some darker material (a debtors' prison sequence, a tale of alcoholism and domestic misery), and social satire of lawyers and politicians runs throughout.
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