The Pickwick Papers The Pickwick Papers The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (also known as The Pickwick Papers) was Charles Dickens's first novel. He was asked to contribute to the project as an up-and-coming writer following the success of "Sketches by Boz", published in 1836 (most of Dickens' novels were issued in shilling instalments before being published as complete volumes). Dickens (still writing under the pseudonym of Boz) increasingly took over the unsuccessful monthly publication after the original illustrator Robert Seymour had committed suicide. With the introduction of Sam Weller in chapter 10, the book became the first real publishing phenomenon, with
Sam Weller (cricketer) Sam Weller (cricketer) Sam David Weller (born 21 November 1994) is an English cricketer who plays first-class cricket for Oxford MCC University. Weller captained the Oxford MCCU side in 2015 and 2016. He is primarily a right-arm fast bowler who also bats right-handed. He has played for Kent County Cricket Club Second XI and was awarded a professional contract with the County in 2014 although he did not make a senior appearance for the First XI. Weller was born in Chislehurst, Kent and he lived in Singapore for three years between the ages of 10 and 13, where he attended