Chapter 51

Pages 63-92.

CHUZZLEWIT DISAPPOINTMENTS AND CHRISTMAS CAROL. ÆT. 31-32.

Falling-off in _Chuzzlewit_ sale 63 Publishers and authors 64 Premature fears 65 Resolve to change his publishers 66 Proposal to his printers 66 Desire to travel again 67 Ways and means 68 Objections to the scheme 69 Confidence in himself 70 Want of confidence in others 70 Bent on his plan 71 Turning point of his career 72 Grounds for course taken 73 On _Martin Chuzzlewit_ 74 American portions 75 The book's special superiority 76 News from America 76 American consolations 77 Why no Pecksniffs in France 78 Why Tartuffes in England 78 A favourite scene of Thackeray's 79 Process of creation in a novel 80 Intended motto for story 81 Leading characters 82 A superb masterpiece 83 Triumph of humorous art 84 Publication of _Christmas Carol_ 84 Unrealized hopes 85 Results of _Carol_ sale 86 Renewed negotiations with printers 87 Agreement with Bradbury and Evans 88 Letters about the _Carol_ 89 Spirit of the book 90 Something better than literature 91