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Originally Posted by HarryT
Which is exactly what Dickens did do. He found, for example, that sugar-coated sentimental scenes of dying children sold like the proverbial hot cakes, and put them in several of his books precisely because of that.
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Another thing he did (100+ years ahead of the soap operas doing the same thing) was to try out a character in one monthly instalment, then bring him/her back 3 or 4 instalments later if the public liked him/her.