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DICKENS AND AN ASPIRING NOVELIST: the recipient of this letter was Senior Clerk at the General Registry Office, Somerset House, whose son William had written a three-decker novel. Three days later Dickens was to send William a devastating assessment of the work, telling him he had no clue about life or character, and no ability as an author. Our letter is published in the Pilgrim Edition, xi, p.309.