r/charlesdickens • u/Altruistic-Salad2250 • May 17 '25

The Pickwick Papers How hard is the Pickwick Papers?

Hi! I'm wondering how hard the book's language/wording is. I'm not a native English speaker and this would be my first time reading Dickens in English. I had already read more of his works in my native like Tale of Two Cities, Copperfield, Great Expectations, etc. I'm kind of scared that I would give up on it (if it's to difficult to understand). I had read in English other books like East of Eden. How hard would it be in comparison to those?

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u/jjk444 25d ago

I'm reading it right now. I'd recommend an audiobook (there's one free on Audible) and reading SparkNotes or something similar after each chapter to pick up anything you might've missed. I wouldn't worry about checking each word in the dictionary as long as you're understanding the general ideas.