Editing Great Expectations (section)

===In periodicals===
Dickens and [[William Henry Wills (journalist)|Wills]] co-owned ''[[All the Year Round]]'', one 75%, the other 25%. Since Dickens was his own publisher, he did not require a contract for his own works.<ref>{{harvnb|Robert L. Patten|1978|p=271}}</ref> Although intended for weekly publication, ''Great Expectations'' was divided into nine monthly sections, with new pagination for each.<ref name="s261">{{harvnb|Paul Schlicke|1999|p=261}}</ref> ''[[Harper's Weekly]]'' published the novel from 24 November 1860 to 5 August 1861 in the US and ''All the Year Round'' published it from 1 December 1860 to 3 August 1861 in the UK. ''Harper's'' paid £1,000 ({{Inflation|UK|1000|1860|fmt=eq|r=-3|cursign=£}}) for publication rights. Dickens welcomed a contract with ''[[Tauchnitz publishers|Tauchnitz]]'' 4 January 1861 for publication in English for the European continent.

Publications in ''Harper's Weekly'' were accompanied by forty illustrations by John McLenan;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/mclenan/index.html|title=Illustrations de McLenan|access-date=2 August 2012|archive-date=2 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802184535/https://victorianweb.org/art/illustration/mclenan/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> however, this is the only Dickens work published in ''All the Year Round'' without illustrations.