The Pickwick Papers

'Kinsley ... supplies a concisely informative account of the novel's complex evolution.' Review of English Studies
'High praise must be accorded to the editor, who has done a meticulous job and produced a handsome volume...To the serious student of Dickens this edition, though expensive, is indispensable.' knud Sorensen English Studies
`Pickwick Papers, the latest addition to the majestic Clarendon Dickens, has come up to the daunting standard of excellence set by the first volume published in the series...a fine abstract of the present state of research, embellished by new insights..' Kurt Tetzeli v. Rosador, ARCHIV
`The oxford edition of Dickens' works is a wonderful and remarkable project. it continues to produce splendid, scholarly,and meticulously edited volumes in a style and at a standard which is, sadly, less and less seen in the editorial world today.... careful collation, ... careful and sensitive editing...The introduction is extensive and magisterial, and the appendices provide the reader with just about any kind of evidence she or he might desire...this magnificent volume...Kathleen Tillotson's superb supervision of the Oxford edition of Dickens and the Pilgrim/Oxford edition of Dickens' letters. These are editions which come close to achieving that unachievable distinction of being definitive editions. It is hard to think of ways that this edition of Pickwick could be improved.' Analytical and Enumerative Bibliography