A Possible Change to the Dating of ‘Martin Chuzzlewit’

On 7 September 1841, Charles Dickens signed an agreement for a (new work' with his then-publishers Chapman and Hall,{similar to the Pickwick Papers and Nicholas Nickleby', 'publication of the first number to 'take place on the first of November 1842\1 In the event the first insta...

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Veröffentlicht in:Notes and queries 2020-12, Vol.67 (4), p.551-553
1. Verfasser: Kelly, Helena
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Zusammenfassung:On 7 September 1841, Charles Dickens signed an agreement for a (new work' with his then-publishers Chapman and Hall,{similar to the Pickwick Papers and Nicholas Nickleby', 'publication of the first number to 'take place on the first of November 1842\1 In the event the first instalment of the new novel did not see the light of day until 31 December 1842. Following the assertions of Dickens' biographer, John Forster, received opinion states that both setting and title remained unfixed well into the autumn of 1842.2 Seemingly in agreement with this is a letter written to Angela Burdett Coutts on 12 November 1842 in which Dickens claims to be 'in.
ISSN:0029-3970
1471-6941
DOI:10.1093/notesj/gjaa158