Posthumous Notes of the Pickwick Club. In 3 volumes

The Publishing House of Nigma "tried to recreate the publication of the 1930s as much as possible. This became possible thanks to the State Museum of the History of Russian Literature named after V.I. Dahl, who kindly provided the originals of the illustrations of the outstanding Soviet graphic artist Vladimir Alekseevich Milashevsky.
"posthumous notes of the Pickwick Club" - the first novel by Charles Dickens, who immediately brought the author a stunning success and world fame. Readers and critics appreciated the subtle humor and excellent observation with which Dickens depicts the traditions, morals and life of England of the first third of the XIX century, in bright paintings describing the adventures of the main characters, their friends and acquaintances.
Once the founder of the Pickwick Club, a charming and good -natured Mr. Samuel Pickwick, took the obligation to inform the club "about his travels, surveys, observations of people and customs ..." So the eccentric journey of the eccentric Mr. Pickwick and his friends on adjacent To London Counts. Funny gentlemen start new acquaintances, hunt, fall into ridiculous and funny situations and ... fall in love.
The exquisite graphics of one of the best Soviet illustrators Vladimir Alekseevich Milashevsky brilliantly conveys the characters" characters and perfectly complements the sparkling prose of Charles Dickens.
The unique "commentary on the posthumous notes of the Pickwick Club" "was compiled by a wonderful scientist, philosopher and polyglot with Gustava Spet in 1934.
"Comment" includes information about the life of Charles Dickens, the history of the emergence of the novel and the description of the events against which the action develops. The information presented in the "Comments" will help to understand the nomenclature of English institutions, the hierarchy of titles and titles, relations in everyday life. Here, the reader will find explanations to historical and literary references found in the novel.
This detailed guide to England of the first third of the 19th century will undoubtedly be interesting and useful to the modern reader in that he will introduce him to the realities of that distant era, giving him the opportunity to plunge deeper into the artistic world of the great English classic.

About the illustrator:
Vladimir Alekseevich Milashevsky (1893-1976)-graphic artist, illustrator, scenographer, participant and ideologist of the art group "13" (1929-1931) He was engaged in the new art workshop (1915-1916) with M.V. Dobuzhinsky, E. E. Lansere, A. E. Yakovleva.
Vladimir Alekseevich illustrated dozens of books, including the works of Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Blok, Ershov, Hoffmann, Flauber, Paustovsky.
Participated in many international exhibitions, as well as exhibitions of Russian art abroad in the USA, Great Britain, the Netherlands.
Vladimir Milashevsky - one of the largest masters of the domestic and book graphics of the first half of the twentieth century. His works can be seen in the State Tretyakov Gallery and the Plane named after A. S. Pushkin.
For senior school age