Dominic is joined by the inimitable Prof. Hugo Bowles who is currently working the OUP edition of The Pickwick Papers to guide us through this riot of a novel - if it is a novel?

Hugo is an alumnus of both Oxford and Cambridge where he read English, Classics and Applied Linguistics. For over three decades he lectured at four Italian Universities and is the author of Dickens and Stenographic Mind (published by Edinburgh University Press). We last caught up with Hugo in his joint episodes with Dr. Claire Wood as they spoke about their award-winning Dickens Code Project.

Joining us today, to read extracts from this dizzying narrative is the wonderful actress Gina Beck.

The sounds of horses, carriages, seagulls and nature are used with permission from Epidemic Sound

Caution: Listeners please note that the topic of suicide is covered in the earlier parts of the Pickwick story.

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Host: Dominic Gerrard
Series Artwork: Léna Gibert
Original Music: Dominic Gerrard

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THE PICKWICK PAPERS 📚 : with Hugo Bowles