Word: drood
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...circulation of 40,000 a month obtained by "Pickwick" and "Nickleby." This best of his books was the least successful of all his works on first publication, and, I believe, brought him the least money. So far as I remember, L7000 was to have been paid for "Edwin Drood" if he had lived to complete the story in twelve monthly numbers...