Talk:The Pickwick Papers
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How did it come to be known as The Pickwick Papers? Often it's understandable that titles get shortened (Robinson Crusoe for example), but the alliteration of The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club is memorable and trips off the tongue rather nicely. And The Pickwick Papers is just such a boring title, really. When in its publishing history did it get saddled with the dull short title instead of the interesting longer one? --Bonalaw 12:14, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
Is a list of every chapter in the book totally necessary? It seems like overkill. 68.1.98.64 03:34, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] This was *not* an idea from Seymour in any form!
I have a copy of the Pickwick Papers from the early 1900's. It is not dated in any way, but is published by DeWolfe, Fiske & Co. from Boston and is illustrated by F. Barnard. The book has a preface written by Dickens for which the primary purpose is to refute the common belief that Seymour had anything to do with the idea. Dickens was approached to write a periodical for which Seymour was to only provide the illustrations. All of the input from the artist was in response to the words that had already been written. The preface stated "Mr. Seymour never originated or suggested an incident, a phrase, or a word to be found in this book. Mr. Seymour died when only twenty-four pages of this book were published, and when assuredly not forty-eight were written." It states that Dickens only met Seymour one time, and that was the night before he died. The preface goes on with several pages in this vein, describing the true origin of the novel. Dick Schneiders dickschnei@aol.com 68.102.254.3 21:35, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
