Sam Weller (character)

Sam Weller by 'Kyd'

Sam Weller is a fictional character in The Pickwick Papers, the first novel by Charles Dickens, and is the character that made Dickens famous.^[1] Weller first appeared in the tenth serialised episode.^[1] Previously the monthly parts of the book had been doing badly — the humour of the character transformed the book into a publishing phenomenon. Weller's way of quoting people has led to the wellerism, often a type of proverb.

In chapter 10 of the novel, the eponymous hero Mr. Pickwick meets Sam Weller working at the White Hart Inn in The Borough and soon takes him on as a personal servant and companion on his travels. The relationship between the idealistic and unworldly Pickwick and the astute cockney Weller has been likened to that between Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.^[2]

References

1 2 "The Top 10 Dickens characters". Yesterday (TV channel) website. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
↑ Mark Womald, introduction to Dickens, Charles (29 Jan 2004). The Pickwick Papers. Penguin Classics. ISBN 9780140436112.

Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers (1836)

Characters	Samuel Pickwick Sam Weller Alfred Jingle Nathaniel Winkle Mr Wardle

Places	Goswell Street Dingley Dell Bath Ipswich Fleet Prison Eatanswill

Short Stories	"The Stroller's Tale" "The Convict's Return" "A Madman's Manuscript" "The Bagman's Story" "The Parish Clerk, A Tale of True Love" "The Old Man's Tale About the Queer Client" "The Story of the Goblins who Stole a Sexton" "The True Legend of Prince Bladud" "The Story of the Bagman's Uncle"

Adaptations	1921 film 1952 film 1963 musical 1969 TV movie 1985 TV series 1985 film

Other	"If I Ruled the World" George and Vulture

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