The Pickwick Papers · Character
Mr. Pott
Editor of the Eatanswill Gazette, a pompous and quarrelsome newspaperman.
minor
Also known as Mr. Pott, Pott, the great Pott, the mighty Pott
First appearance: iv
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In Some Account of Eatanswill; of the State of Parties Therein; and of the Election of a Member to Serve in Parliament for that Ancient, Loyal, and Patriotic Borough: Editor of the Eatanswill Gazette, a Blue partisan,…
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- Ipswich and Bath characters
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- Some Account of Eatanswill; of the State of Parties Therein; and of the Election of a Member to Serve in Parliament for that Ancient, Loyal, and Patriotic Borough
- Comprising a brief description of the company at the Peacock assembled; and a tale told by a bagman
- Chapter XVIII
- In which Mr. Pickwick encounters an old acquaintance—to which fortunate circumstance the reader is mainly indebted for matter of thrilling interest herein set down, concerning two great public men of might and power.
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