... were eager and 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 ... Haste did not prevent his loosely strung and intricately plotted books from being the most popular novels of his day. When he visited America in 1842, he was received with ovations but awakened some displeasure by his remarks on copyright protection and his approval of the abolition of...

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... under the name of "Boz," a name which he adopted from the nickname of one of his brothers. These sketches were ultimately collected in two books, Sketches by Boz and Sketches by Boz II. These sketches provide much of the subject matter that would later appear in Dickens's fiction. In ... of 29 shillings from The Pickwick Papers to marry Catherine Hogarth, with whom he would eventually have 10 children. He also took a three-year lease on a house at 48 Doughty Street at 80 pounds a year, giving him security he'd never known before. Dickens idealized Catherine's younger sister, Mary, ... , ...

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