Chambers's cyclopaedia of English literature : a history critical and biographical of authors in the English tongue from the earliest times till the present day, with specimens of their writing . inbey and Son,which he finished in1848. The book hadan immense popular-ity, and its pecuniaryresults were very Copper fieldimmediately followed(May 1849 to Novem-ber 1850). At this time, too, he carried out hisplan for the establishment of a weekly magazine ;Household Words was the title selected for it,and W. H. Wills became assistant editor. BleakHouse ran in monthly parts from March 185
Chambers's cyclopaedia of English literature : a history critical and biographical of authors in the English tongue from the earliest times till the present day, with specimens of their writing . inbey and Son,which he finished in1848. The book hadan immense popular-ity, and its pecuniaryresults were very Copper fieldimmediately followed(May 1849 to Novem-ber 1850). At this time, too, he carried out hisplan for the establishment of a weekly magazine ;Household Words was the title selected for it,and W. H. Wills became assistant editor. BleakHouse ran in monthly parts from March 1852 toSeptember 1853 ; Hard Times was published inHousehold Words from April to August 1854 ; andTittle Dorrit {oWow&d. in monthly parts from January1856 to June 1857. This unceasing literary labourdid not, however, entirely absorb his energies, forfrom 1847 to 1852 he occupied himself eagerlywith theatrical performances in London and thegreat provincial towns as actor, stage-manager,and, occasionally, as playwright. During 1855 hespared time to interest himself in various politicalquestions. In 1856 Dickens bought Gadshill Place, nearRochester ; and in i860, when he sold his DICKENS. From a Photograph in the possession of Mr F. G. Kitton house, he made Gadshill his permanent home. In1858 he gave his first public reading, and thence-forward he de\Oted a large part of his time andenergy to this form of entertainment, which provedhighly profitable to his finances, though it seriouslyimpaired his health and strength. In the sameyear Dickens separated from his wife. One conse-quence of the controversy that arose about thismatter was that Dickens quarrelled with Brad-bury & Evans, who had been his publishers since 1844, and returnedto Chapman & Words wasgiven up, and All theYear Round took itsplace. The sale of hisChristmas stories inAll the Year Roundreached three hun-dred thousand. Inthis journal, too, werepublished A Talc ofTwo Cities (1859)and G
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