When you say you know how he was paid, what do you mean?
I mean the serial story format where he was paid per installment, which is something of an incentive for an author to create long stories, a goal aided by wordiness. But then, wordiness seems to be a hallmark of a lot of older English novels, so I'm sure it wasn't just him, and people obviously loved the stories however wordy they may have been.
I am not sure wordiness necessarily follows from the form. He would not be allowed to prolong his stories indefinitely, and if he lost readers it could often be cancelled, all depending on the contract.
*MySmiley*
structured procrastinator
structured procrastinator
Have you read anything by Charles Dickens?
13/06/2011 04:46:11 PM
- 1638 Views
What the dickens?!
13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM
- 1215 Views
Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually.
14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM
- 1107 Views
But, of course.
13/06/2011 05:13:20 PM
- 1166 Views
i *hate* dickens.
13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM
- 1228 Views
Only for school. Great Expectations and Hard Times. The latter was dire. *NM*
13/06/2011 06:28:24 PM
- 552 Views
Have you noticed how many Dickens titles would make good names for porn movies?
14/06/2011 03:29:30 AM
- 1073 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens?
13/06/2011 06:55:44 PM
- 1202 Views
That's easy. No.
13/06/2011 07:13:59 PM
- 1165 Views
Re: That's easy. No.
14/06/2011 02:52:02 PM
- 1033 Views
only great expectations
13/06/2011 09:37:39 PM
- 1084 Views
Very un-dickensian answers
13/06/2011 09:40:17 PM
- 1113 Views
Re: Very un-dickensian answers
14/06/2011 02:56:34 PM
- 1249 Views
Please tell me they haven't started letting people out of High School without making them read CD?
13/06/2011 10:16:10 PM
- 1128 Views
What in the dickens prompted this survey?
13/06/2011 11:15:19 PM
- 1197 Views
Re: What in the dickens prompted this survey?
14/06/2011 03:02:22 PM
- 1222 Views
Can you please find that word?
15/06/2011 05:17:12 AM
- 1089 Views
I'm fairly well-read in this regard
13/06/2011 11:38:06 PM
- 1090 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard
14/06/2011 03:03:39 PM
- 1114 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard
14/06/2011 04:59:11 PM
- 1080 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard
14/06/2011 05:03:36 PM
- 1206 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens?
14/06/2011 05:45:06 PM
- 1165 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens?
14/06/2011 06:24:49 PM
- 1059 Views
A few works
15/06/2011 07:05:56 AM
- 1105 Views
Re: A few works
15/06/2011 08:12:35 AM
- 1002 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens?
19/06/2011 01:14:30 PM
- 1255 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens?
19/06/2011 05:04:35 PM
- 1217 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens?
19/06/2011 05:06:18 PM
- 1270 Views