![]() ![]() ![]() In addition, each instalment of the serial was illustrated – in this case by his favourite artist, Hablot Knight Browne, who was also given a pseudonym of ‘Phiz’. And he is not the author but the editor of these recorded adventures – almost as if their existence were due to some other person or source. It is worth noting, in terms of the history of the novel and literature as a cultural medium, that Charles Dickens’ name does not appear on the cover – only his nom de plume, ‘Boz’. He had struck a best-selling formula with his first novel – The Pickwick Papers – an episodic narrative issued in monthly parts, and he stuck to this publishing format, selling 50,000 copies a month of each instalment, which cost one shilling per issue and two shillings for the final double issue. ![]() It was Charles Dickens’ third novel, but he wrote it at the same time as he was completing his second novel, Oliver Twist. Nicholas Nickleby first appeared as a serial novel in nineteen monthly instalments between 18, published by Chapman and Hall. Tutorial, commentary, study resources, plot, and web links ![]()
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