... ever more numerous, and Dickens worked vigorously for them, producing novels that appeared first in monthly installments and then were made into books. Oliver Twist (in book form, 1838) was followed by Nicholas Nickleby (1839) and by two works originally intended to start a series called Master Humphrey's Clock: The Old Curiosity ... awakened some displeasure by his remarks on copyright protection and his approval of the abolition of slavery. He replied with sharp criticism of America in American Notes (1842) and the novel Martin Chuzzlewit (1843). The first of his Christmas books was ...

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... a monthly called Bentley's Miscellany, a collection of fiction, humor, and other features published by Richard Bentley. In the second issue, Dickens began installments of his first novel, Oliver Twist. The book followed the harsh childhood experiences of an orphan, and was largely an indictment of the new Poor Laws, legislation which Dickens felt institutionalized ill treatment of society's least fortunate. Bentley ... put out the book in three volumes in 1838. Though Oliver Twist was a huge financial and critical success. In addition to "Pickwick Papers" and "Oliver Twist", the "Life an...

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