Sam Weller in the news

Mr. Pickwick's faithful servant has been getting a bit of media attention lately. In The Paris Review, Nina Martyris writes about how the creation of this character became a turning point in Dickens's life and career, while at the blog SleuthSayers, Stephen Jarvis (author of Death and Mr. Pickwick) argues that Sam was originally illustrator Robert Seymour's idea. (H/T The Buzfuz)

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