Charles Dickens the house. The success of "Sketches by Boz" led to a proposal from publishers Chapman and Hall for Dickens to supply text to match Robert Seymour's engraved illustrations in a monthly letterpress. Seymour committed suicide after the second instalment, and Dickens, who wanted to write a connected series of sketches, hired "Phiz" to provide the engravings (which were reduced from four to two per instalment) for the story. The resulting story became "The Pickwick Papers", and though the first few episodes were not successful, the introduction of the Cockney character Sam Weller in the fourth episode (the first to be
Sam Weller (cricketer) Academy system, he joined the Kent County Cricket Club Cricket Academy. After impressing in both the Academy and Second XI he was offered a professional contract in October 2014. In June 2015 he made an appearance as a substitute fielder for Kent against the touring Australians, taking two catches. Weller left Kent in September 2016 without playing a senior match for the county, considered a waste of space, and could have potentially been a great addition to Ben Stokes banter team. Sam Weller (cricketer) Sam David Weller (born 21 November 1994) is an English cricketer who plays first-class cricket for