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So how accurate is the GOT PAID BY THE CHAPTER meme that seems to dog Dickens?Is

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Anonymous
2016-06-26 02:53:06Post No. 8208210
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Anonymous 2016-06-26 02:53:06 Post No. 8208210 [Report]
So how accurate is the GOT PAID BY THE CHAPTER meme that seems to dog Dickens?

Is his work really pointlessly overly long? I was thinking of picking up Oliver Twist.
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Anonymous 2016-06-26 02:56:31 Post No.8208216
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Anonymous 2016-06-26 02:56:31 Post No.8208216 [Report]
>>8208210
Regardless they tend to be filled with good substance.
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Anonymous 2016-06-26 04:12:07 Post No.8208360
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Anonymous 2016-06-26 04:12:07 Post No.8208360 [Report]
>>8208210

He got paid per installment.

Dickens was probably a hack who lengthened his work, but he's a very talented hack. Oliver Twist is short and accessible and you might enjoy it.
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Anonymous 2016-06-26 04:16:43 Post No.8208366
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Anonymous 2016-06-26 04:16:43 Post No.8208366 [Report]
>>8208210
one of the greatest prose writers in the english language
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Anonymous 2016-06-26 04:21:33 Post No.8208378
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Could someone just get paid by the post ?

>Maybe intricately crafted 4chan posts ?

Actually thou, the Love is Always Free
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Anonymous 2016-06-26 05:25:57 Post No.8208495
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>>8208366

I bet you've never read Dickens in your life
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Anonymous 2016-06-26 17:21:56 Post No.8210015
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>>8208495

Give her the Dickens
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