In 1836 the 23-year-old Dickens was invited by his publishers to write `a monthly something' illustrated by sporting plates.
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Thus the Pickwick Club was born: its supposed `papers' soom outgrew their origins and became a brilliantly comic novel, still among Dicken's most popular works.
In 1836 the 23-year-old Dickens was invited by his publishers to write `a monthly something' illustrated by sporting plates
