Janet: Well, Charles Dickens was one of the most popular novelists in 19th-century Britain. Many of his novels first appeared in magazines, in short episodes. Each one had a cliffhanger at the end that made people want to read the next (24) ________. Andy: And was he a Londoner? Janet: He was born in Portsmouth but his family moved to London when he was ten years old. Andy: And he set most of his stories in London, didn’t he? Janet: That’s right. He knew the city very well.