the novel:"Men say,This is a bad Greek,but thereare good Greeks.This is a bad Turk,but there are good Turks.'Not so with the Jews.they take the worst ofus as samples ofthe best."Davis sent Dickens acopy ofthe Hebrew bible in gratitude.[49] Dickens may have drawnon his childhood experiences,but he was also ashamed ofthem and would not reveal that this was where he gathered his realistic accounts ofsqualor.Very few knew the details ofhis early life until six years after his death when John Forster published a biography on which Dickens had collaborated. VI.Episodic writing As noted above,most ofDickens's major novels were first 10 written in monthly or weekly instalments in journals such as Master Humphrey's Clock and Household Words,later reprinted in book form.These instalments made the stories cheap,accessible and the series ofregular cliff-hangers made each new episode widely anticipated.American fans even waited at the docks in New York,shouting out to the crew of an incomingship,"Is little Nell dead?"[51][52][53]Part of the novel: "Men say, 'This is a bad Greek, but there are good Greeks. This is a bad Turk, but there are good Turks.' Not so with the Jews . they take the worst of us as samples of the best ." Davis sent Dickens a copy of the Hebrew bible in gratitude.[49] Dickens may have drawn on his childhood experiences, but he was also ashamed of them and would not reveal that this was where he gathered his realistic accounts of squalor. Very few knew the details of his early life until six years after his death when John Forster published a biography on which Dickens had collaborated. VI. Episodic writing As noted above, most of Dickens's major novels were first written in monthly or weekly instalments in journals such as Master Humphrey's Clock and Household Words, later reprinted in book form. These instalments made the stories cheap, accessible and the series of regular cliff-hangers made each new episode widely anticipated. American fans even waited at the docks in New York, shouting out to the crew of an incoming ship, "Is little Nell dead?"[51][52][53] Part of 10’