English novelist and the author of such classics as Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, and David Copperfield. ALS, one page both sides, 4.5 x 7.25, Offices of the Daily News letterhead, no date. Letter to famous essayist William Hazlitt. At the time of writing, Dickens was the editor of the London Daily News, and Hazlitt was the drama critic. In part, “I saw the notice of the French Play this morning and immediately perceived that the Readers had cut and maimed you. All I know about these gentlemen is, that there are plenty of them, and that they are well paid - unless I add of them that they are the very worst I ever have had anything to do with in my life. I have laid in a chaldron or two of coals and will haul your reader over them this morning.” Intersecting folds, paperclip impression along top edge, and an even shade of toning to front page, otherwise fine condition. Auction LOA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
