Charles Dickens

[close] Welcome to the Pickwick Club! This group is dedicated to reading, discussing, critiquing, and devouring the works of Charles Dickens.

[close] This is a group for those fascinated by Dickens works or want to start reading Charles Dickens' books. In this group we read books only by Charles Dickens. We nominate one of his books and vote which one to read.

[close] This is for everyone who loves Charles Dickens. For all who want to read or have read his books. You can add anything and everything related to Dickens About Charles Dickens: A prolific 19th Century author of short stories, plays, novellas, novels, fiction and non-fiction; during his lifetime Dickens became known the world over for his remarkable characters, his mastery of prose in the telling of their lives, and his depictions of the social classes, morals and values of his times. Some considered him the spokesman for the poor, for he definitely brought much awareness to their plight, the downtrodden and the have-nots. He had his share of critics, like Virginia Woolf and Henry James, but also many admirers, even into the 21st Century.

[close] Do you love the stories by Charles Dickens, and anything Victorian? Are you keen to chat about his books, his life, the times or places he lived in, or the authors who were his friends? Why not come and join us? We have regular group reads of his works, side reads and lots of places to discuss our favourite author - or one we would like to know better. "Wot larks!" as Joe Gargery might say. Whatever your reason for joining, if you are interested in Dickens' world, you'll get a warm Dickensian welcome here.