Although this theory would explain why his novels tend to be rather...dense, it’s not true.
Dickens published most of his novels serially, meaning one section would be printed and sold each month, and he was paid for each one of these installments. For his first full-length novel, The Pickwick Papers, that meant 19 monthly installments at 32 pages each (except the last, which was a special “double issue”), and Dickens got paid each time he turned in 32 pages of text.
So, even though he wasn’t paid for each word, what is true is that he had a monetary incentive to make his novels longer, and honestly, I don’t blame him.
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It is a complete myth that Charles Dickens was paid by the word. The question should be: "How much did Charles Dickens get paid per installment of A Tale of Two Cities?"
Charles Dickens Dickens may have authored the book (he was paid by the word, if you can believe that) but it was first published in 1838 by Richard Bentley.
Charles Dickens Dickens may have authored the book (he was paid by the word, if you can believe that) but it was first published in 1838 by Richard Bentley.
He was paid by the word and his stories were serialized in magazines.
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Charles Dickens's books were actually published in increments. He was paid by the local newspaper by the word, which is where his style of superfluous writing came. Some of his most famous works including A Christmas Carol were published in weekly installments this way.
No record of this has ever been found.
Nothing to do with Charles Dickens. Dickens is a euphemism for the word devil, possibly via devilkins. Shakespeare used it.
You mean Our Mutual Friend.
With "Marley was dead, to begin with"
A constable is another word for a sheriff, or a police officer.
The word fameas is spelled famous. Dickens was a well known author. He wrote books such as David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations.