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Composition Begun early in 1840, completed at the beginning of 1841 (the final number appearing on 6 February). For details, see below. For the composition of the closing chapters, Dickens made his first known number-plans — memoranda to assist him in working out the plot. Manuscript and portion of corrected proofs in Forster Collection.
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Page, N. (1984). The Old Curiosity Shop. In: A Dickens Companion. Macmillan Literary Companions. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06004-7_8
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