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CHAPTER III.
Origin of "Pickwick"; Seymour's part therein; first number
published on April 1, 1836; early numbers not a success;
suddenly the book becomes the rage; English literature
just then in want of its novelist; Dickens' kingship
acknowledged; causes of the book's popularity; its admirable
| humour, and other excellent qualities; Sam Weller; |
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| Mr. Pickwick himself; book read by everybody |
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