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THE GREEN MILE
1996
Foreword： A Letter
Dear Constant Reader；
Life is a capricious business。 The story which begins in this little book exists in this form because of a chance remark made by a realtor I have never met。 This happened a year ago； on Long Island。 Ralph Vicinanza； a long…time friend and business associate of mine （what he does mostly is to sell foreign publishing rights for books and stories）； had just rented a house there。 The realtor remarked that the house 〃looked like something out of a story by Charles Dickens。〃
The remark was still on Ralph's mind when he weled his first houseguest； British publisher Malcolm Edwards。 He repeated it to Edwards； and they began chatting about Dickens。 Edwards mentioned that Dickens had published many of his novels in installments； either folded into magazines or by themselves as chapbooks； （I don't know the origin of this word； meaning a smaller…than…average book； but have always loved its air of intimacy and friendliness）。 Some of the novels； Edwards added； were actually written and revised in the shadow of publication； Charles Dickens was one novelist apparently not afraid of a deadline。
Dickens's serialized novels were immensely popular； so popular； in fact； that one of them precipitated a tragedy in Baltimore。 A large group of Dickens fans crowded onto a waterfront dock； anticipating the arrival of an English ship with copies of the final installment of The Old Curiosity Shop on board。 According to the story； several would…be readers were jostled into the water and drowned。
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