Roman o klube chudakov, kotorye puteshestvuiut po Anglii i nabliudaiut chelovecheskie kharaktery, s misterom Pikvikom vo glave - liubimaia kniga mnogikh pokolenii chitatelei. Publikatciia romana vyzvala neobyknovennyi furor, poiavilas "pikvikskaia" moda - shliapy, trosti i sigary, liudi i dazhe domashnie sobachki s koshkami poluchali prozvishcha po imenam geroev. Angliia XIX veka v iumoristicheskikh zarisovkakh: vybory, voennye manevry, sudy, kurorty, dolgovaia tiurma i dazhe sumasshedshii dom - v klassike mirovoi literatury.