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- The Peregrinations of Pickwick The Peregrinations of Pickwick, or, Boz-i-a-na (International) assertion 1837 single work drama humour
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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club is included in AustLit because it is published (in part or in full), advertised or reviewed in Australian newspapers and magazines during the colonial era; and/or is the subject of Australian literary comment, adaptation or creative writing.
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A Launceston, Van Diemen's Land, edition of the novel was published in 25 parts by Henry Dowling in 1838.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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English Literature in Early Australia : 1830-1839
1976
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 36 no. 1 1976; (p. 73-87) -
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The Van Diemen's Land Edition of the Pickwick Papers : A General and Bibliographical Study with some Notes on Henry Dowling
Hobart
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Cat and Fiddle Press
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1973
Z1338174
1973
single work
prose
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Pickwick Papers
1839
single work
review
— Appears in: The Hobart Town Courier and Van Diemen’s Land Gazette , 5 July 1839; (p. 4)
— Review of The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club 1836 single work novelReview of Henry Dowling's Van Diemen's Land published version of Dickens' novel.
'If we wished to astonish our friends "at home" with a favourable specimen of the advancement of art in this colony, we could not find a more fitting present, or one more likely to call up agreeable recollections, than the volume before us.'
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Number One of the Pickwick Papers
1838
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: The Cornwall Chronicle , 30 June vol. 4 no. 177 1838; (p. 107)Advertisement for the 're-publishing by Henry Dowling, Stationery Warehouse, Launceston' of Charles Dickens' The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. The first part 'was issued this morning [i.e. Saturday 30 June 1838]'.
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Untitled
1838
single work
column
— Appears in: The Cornwall Chronicle , 30 June vol. 4 no. 177 1838; (p. 106)The writer of this column (possibly the editor of the Cornwall Chronicle, William Lushington Goodwin) calls 'the attention of our readers to an advertisement in our columns, in which notice is given of the re-publication of the Pickwick Papers, by Mr, Henry Dowling ... [I]f we judge from the frequent calls upon us for the loan of the entire work in our possession ... [it] will amply reward Mr Dowling for his publication ... [Dowling's edtion], in a typographical point of view, is superior to the original from the London Press.'
Dowling's edition of the Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club was published in Launceston in 25 parts from August to December, 1838.
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Pickwick Papers
1839
single work
review
— Appears in: The Hobart Town Courier and Van Diemen’s Land Gazette , 5 July 1839; (p. 4)
— Review of The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club 1836 single work novelReview of Henry Dowling's Van Diemen's Land published version of Dickens' novel.
'If we wished to astonish our friends "at home" with a favourable specimen of the advancement of art in this colony, we could not find a more fitting present, or one more likely to call up agreeable recollections, than the volume before us.'
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The Van Diemen's Land Edition of the Pickwick Papers : A General and Bibliographical Study with some Notes on Henry Dowling
Hobart
:
Cat and Fiddle Press
,
1973
Z1338174
1973
single work
prose
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The Pickwick Papers
1838
single work
column
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 13 February vol. 36 no. 3079 (p. 2)The Sydney Gazette notes that '[w]e have received the first sixteen numbers of these humorous publications, and intend copying them into consecutive numbers of this journal, commencing from Tuesday next.'
The Gazette began serialising the Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club from Saturday 24 February 1838.
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Van Diemen's Land
1838
single work
column
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 26 July vol. 36 no. 4049 1838; (p. 2)News from Tasmanian newspapers is recorded in this column including the comment that Murray's Review 'is not very noted for its accuracy'. A paragraph announces that the printing monopoly is to cease but that 'the Government work is not to be thrown open', instead 'a complete printing and bookbinding establishment is to be sent out from England, and to be placed under the superintendence of a competent person ...' A further paragraph alludes to the republishing of 'the celebrated Pickwick Papers, in weekly numbers of 24 pages, at one shilling each' by 'Mr [Henry] Dowling, of Launceston.' The unsuccessful season of the Hobart Town Theatre Royal is also mentioned.
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The Pickwick Papers
1838
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 25 April vol. 4 no. 261 1838; (p. 3) Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 28 April vol. 4 no. 262 1838; (p. 1) Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 2 May vol. 4 no. 263 1838; (p. 1)Advertisement for: 'on board the Kinnear, a limited number of the above Publication [The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club] now completed with upward of 50 Humourous Illustrations by Cruikshank, neatly bound, and will be landed in a few days.
Moffitt also advertises 'Walter Scott's Novels complete in 16 vols. ... Martin's New South Wales [possibly R. Montgomery Martin's History of Austral-Asia published in London in 1836] ... and other Works of Standard Merit.'
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Untitled
1838
single work
column
— Appears in: The Cornwall Chronicle , 30 June vol. 4 no. 177 1838; (p. 106)The writer of this column (possibly the editor of the Cornwall Chronicle, William Lushington Goodwin) calls 'the attention of our readers to an advertisement in our columns, in which notice is given of the re-publication of the Pickwick Papers, by Mr, Henry Dowling ... [I]f we judge from the frequent calls upon us for the loan of the entire work in our possession ... [it] will amply reward Mr Dowling for his publication ... [Dowling's edtion], in a typographical point of view, is superior to the original from the London Press.'
Dowling's edition of the Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club was published in Launceston in 25 parts from August to December, 1838.
