Charles Dickens

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CHAPTER X.

Dickens gives his first public (not paid) readings in December, 1853; was it infra dig. that he should read for money? he begins his paid readings in April, 1858; reasons for their success; care bestowed on them by the reader; their dramatic character; Carlyle's opinion of them; how the

tones of Dickens' voice linger in the memory of one who  
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