The quintessential zeugma, "He took his hat and his leave", originates from one of this author's novels. Grip the Raven, a character in another of his novels, inspired Poe's "raven." This author's Christmas novels are divided into sections called "staves" and "chirps", the latter appearing in The Cricket on the Hearth. This author collected his nonfiction "sketches" into a work he published under the name Boz. The periodical Master Humphrey's Clock published this man's novels serially, though he wasn't actually paid by the word. For 10 points, name this author of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Pickwick Papers, and Great Expectations.
The quintessential zeugma, "He took his hat and his leave", originates from one of this author's novels. Grip the Raven, a character in another of his novels, inspired Poe's "raven." This author's Christmas novels are divided into sections called "staves" and "chirps", the latter appearing in The Cricket on the Hearth. This author collected his nonfiction "sketches" into a work he published under the name Boz. The periodical Master Humphrey's Clock published this man's novels serially, though he wasn't actually paid by the word. For 10 points, name this author of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Pickwick Papers, and Great Expectations.
The quintessential zeugma, "He took his hat and his leave", originates from one of this author's novels.
Charles Dickens 