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Dickens’s childhood experiences were similar to those depicted in David Copperfield. His father, who was a government clerk, was imprisoned for debt and Dickens was briefly sent to work in a blacking warehouse at the age of twelve. He received little formal education, but taught himself shorthand and became a reporter of parliamentary debates for the Morning Chronicle. He began to publish sketches in various periodicals, which were subsequently republished as Sketches by Boz. The Pickwick Papers was published in 􀀐􀀑􀀓􀀔–􀀏 and after a slow start became a publishing phenomenon and Dickens’s characters the centre of a popular cult. Part of the secret of his success was the method of cheap serial publication he adopted; thereafter, all Dickens’s novels were first published in serial form. He began Oliver Twist in 􀀐􀀑􀀓􀀏, followed by Nicholas Nickleby (􀀐􀀑􀀓􀀑) and The Old Curiosity Shop (􀀐􀀑􀀕􀀖–􀀕􀀐) . After finishing Barnaby Rudge (􀀐􀀑􀀕􀀐) Dickens set off for America; he went full of enthusiasm for the young republic but, in spite of a triumphant reception, he returned disillusioned. His experiences are recorded in American Notes (􀀐􀀑􀀕􀀒) . A Christmas Carol, the first of the hugely popular Christmas Books, appeared in 􀀐􀀑􀀕􀀓, while Martin Chuzzlewit, which included a fictionalized account of his American travels, was first published over the period 􀀐􀀑􀀕􀀓–􀀕. During 􀀐􀀑􀀕􀀕–􀀔 Dickens travelled abroad and he began Dombey and Son while in Switzerland. This and David Copperfield (􀀐􀀑􀀕􀀘–􀀙􀀖) were more serious in theme and more carefully planned than his early novels. In later works, such as Bleak House (􀀐􀀑􀀙􀀓) and Little Dorrit (􀀐􀀑􀀙􀀏), Dickens’s social criticism became more radical and his comedy more savage. In 􀀐􀀑􀀙􀀖 Dickens started the weekly periodical Household Words, succeeded in 􀀐􀀑􀀙􀀘 by All the Year Round; in these he published Hard Times (􀀐􀀑􀀙􀀕), A Tale of Two Cities (􀀐􀀑􀀙􀀘) and Great Expectations (􀀐􀀑􀀔􀀖–􀀔􀀐) . Dickens’s health was failing during the 􀀐􀀑􀀔􀀖s and the physical strain of the public readings which he began in 􀀐􀀑􀀙􀀑 hastened his decline, although Our Mutual Friend (􀀐􀀑􀀔􀀙) retained some of his best comedy. His last novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, was never completed and he died on 􀀘 June 􀀐􀀑􀀏􀀖 . Public grief at his death was considerable and he was buried in the Poets’ Corner of Westminster Abbey.  \n􀀍􀀉􀀚􀀆􀀍 􀀁􀀉􀀌􀀛􀀆􀀊􀀊􀀆􀀂􀀃 was educated in England and in the United States. He received his Ph.D. from UCLA. He now lives in Oxford, where he has recently retired as Emeritus Professor of English after teaching at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, since 􀀐􀀘􀀔􀀑 . He edits the Dickens Quarterly and works with Susan Shatto as co-editor of The Dickens Companions. He has contributed two volumes to this series, most recently The Companion to ‘Great Expectations’(􀀒􀀖􀀖􀀖) .  \n􀀇􀀋􀀉􀀌􀀈􀀂􀀊 􀀍 􀀆􀀇􀀎􀀂􀀃􀀊  \nTHE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD  \nwith an Introduction and Notes by 􀀍􀀉􀀚􀀆􀀍 􀀁 􀀉􀀌􀀛􀀆􀀊􀀊􀀆􀀂􀀃  \n􀀁􀀂􀀃􀀄􀀅􀀆􀀃 􀀜 􀀛􀀛􀀎􀀊  \nPENGUIN BOOKS  \nPublished by the Penguin Group:  \nPenguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England Penguin Putnam Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Ringwood,Victoria, Australia Penguin Books Canada Ltd, 10 Alcorn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4V 3B2 Penguin Books India (P) Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi – 110 017, India Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd, Cnr Rosedale and Airborne Roads, Albany, Auckland, New Zealand Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 5 Watkins Street, Denver Ext 4, Johannesburg 2094, South Africa  \nPenguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand,WC2R 0RL  \nFirst published 1870  \nPublished in Penguin Classics 1985  \nThis electronic edition published 2002  \nIntroduction copyright © Angus Wilson, 1974  \nAll rights reserved  \nMaking or distributing electronic copies of this book constitutes copyright infringement and could subject the infringer to civil and/or cr","cbCaifZIKrstx9gW","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifZIKrstx9gW","pdf",6190547,427,"English","# A Dickens Chronology\n## Acknowledgements\n## Dickens’s early life and career milestones\n# Further Reading\n## A Note on the Text\n# The Mystery of Edwin Drood\n## Contents\n## List of Illustrations\n# Appendix 1: The 'Sapsea Fragment'\n# Appendix 2: The Number Plans\n# Appendix 3: The Illustrations\n# Appendix 4: Rochester as Cloisterham Map of Cloisterham\n# Appendix 5: Opium Use in Nineteenth-century England\n# Notes","[{\"question\":\"What does the introduction cover regarding Dickens and Edwin Drood?\",\"answer\":\"It provides biographical context on Dickens and explains the novel’s place in his publishing career, while noting that The Mystery of Edwin Drood was never completed.\"},{\"question\":\"How were Dickens’s novels commonly published according to the text?\",\"answer\":\"Dickens’s novels were first published in serial form, using a cheap serial publication method that contributed to his success.\"},{\"question\":\"What supplemental materials are included in this edition?\",\"answer\":\"The edition includes acknowledgements, a Dickens chronology, list of illustrations, multiple appendices (including the 'Sapsea Fragment' and Rochester map), and a notes section.\"}]","The Mystery of Edwin Drood - with an Introduction and Notes | PDF",1789949888,658]