The comic novel, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, appeared serially in 1836 and 1837, and was first published in book form in 1837.

喜剧小说《匹克威克外传》在1836年和1837年连载发布，并于1837年首次以书的形式出版。

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The novel is comic and tragic.

这本小说兼有喜剧和悲剧的特点。

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It also demonstrated conclusively that adolescents who enjoy reading and curl up with a novel for 30 minutes a day score better than those who don't, or who only read comic books.

调查也得出结论，那些喜欢阅读，并且每天能坚持读上30分钟小说的学生，比起那些成天只读漫画书的学生，得分要高。

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It is a comic novel and as such very serious.

这虽然是部关于一个,却不失严肃。

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Reitman's script and direction retain the novel's rhythms and black comic sensibility, while eliminating or rearranging events.

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This comic novel will amuse and sell well, for the better elements of our culture and our youth have grown impatient with the travails and aggrandizing of Twixter books, movies, music and TV.

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