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Daily Mail: Charles Dickens, whose classic novels include A Christmas Carol and Oliver Twist had an enormous following in the U.S.
Fans used to wait at New York docks clambering to get the latest copy of his work, which at the time were produced as separate episodes of a novel.
He twice visited the country – and each time he was followed by huge crowds eagerly hoping he might read for them.
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