I don't know about Dickens, but yes, even Marx complained about having to make his book long for the damn German publisher.
On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 09:10:13AM -0800, Devine, James wrote: > > that would explain the verbose style of German authors? > > but wasn't Dickens paid by the word? > > Jim D. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu