Pickwick Abroad: or, The Tour in France

# Museum Catalog Note

Pickwick Abroad; or, The Tour in France by George W. M. Reynolds (1839) is a serial continuation featuring the characters from Dickens's Pickwick Papers, transported to France. Reynolds adapts the episodic comic narrative structure, recounting adventures and mishaps of the Pickwickian coterie in Paris and its environs. The work incorporates embedded tales and legends tied to French buildings and historical sites, which Reynolds states are mostly original compositions. The text includes numerous songs and poetry, with sources acknowledged where applicable. The narrative provides satirical observations on French manners, customs, and social life, positioned as travel literature for English visitors to France. This illustrated edition collects twenty serialized numbers with forty-one steel engravings and thirty-three woodcuts depicting Parisian landmarks and scenes.