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Dickens made quite as much money by his readings as by his novels. Many of his early bargains with publishers were deplorable, considering that his popularity was at a high flow from the appearance of the first number of "Pickwick." After a careful investigation of accounts, Talfourd made an elaborate calculation during the publication of "Nicholas Nickleby" by which it appeared that for three years previously Dickens ought to have been making L10,000 a year out of his writings. The circulation of the monthly parts of "Martin Chuzzlewit" fell to 25,000 a month from a circulation...
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