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Originally Posted by Belfaborac
I very, very much doubt that to be the case.
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That may be so... but your doubts do not reflect reality... Dickens wasn't exactly a great success until he wrote and he relied on his book and associated earnings for his lifestyle and that includes everything from food onwards... and William relied on his play and stage incomes/patronage for his lifestyle... without those incomes then there would have been very little work as they would have either starved to death or had to do something else for a living... and only the wealthy had "spare time" for a writing "hobby"