The Dickens Library

In which we are gently introduced to the quiet yet uneasy scene of a bachelor’s party in a modest lodging on Lant Street, where the host’s hospitality is shadowed by the pressing demands of a vexed la...

13 Jan 30min

In which we observe the labyrinthine world of legal offices and their denizens, as Mr Pickwick and his companions are visited by a legal summons that brings the machinery of law into their quiet lives...

13 Jan 34min

In which we make the acquaintance of two young medical students whose conviviality enlivens a Christmas gathering, leading to spirited skating on an icy pond. Amidst the merriment and mishaps, includi...

13 Jan 25min

In which we are introduced to the surly sexton Gabriel Grub, whose melancholy Christmas Eve labour in the churchyard leads to an extraordinary nocturnal encounter with a goblin and his spectral court....

13 Jan 30min

In which we accompany Mr Pickwick and his companions on their lively journey to a festive country gathering, where joyous preparations for a wedding and the Christmas season bring about warm hospitali...

13 Jan 52min

In which we accompany a dutiful son on a heartfelt journey to the rustic comforts of Dorking, where family ties and local characters unfold amidst the warm welcome of a modest inn. Here, tales of vill...

13 Jan 21min

In which we find our amiable Mr Pickwick returning to the bustling city to attend to affairs that have been set astir in his absence, involving a certain Mr Bardell and the formidable attorneys, Dodso...

13 Jan 14min

In which we accompany Mr Pickwick and his friends through an encounter with the authoritative and rather imposing Mr Nupkins, where the proceedings are marked by a peculiar mixture of gravity and absu...

13 Jan 42min