What was the name of the weekly magazine Dickens edited after Household Words?

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The weekly magazine Charles Dickens edited after Household Words was All the Year Round.

Dickens launched All the Year Round in 1859 as the direct successor to Household Words, which had ended after a dispute with its publishers. The new journal gave Dickens greater ownership and editorial control, and its first issue appeared on 30 April 1859. Like its predecessor, it combined fiction, journalism and social commentary in an inexpensive weekly format.

The magazine became especially famous for serial fiction. Its opening issue began the publication of A Tale of Two Cities, one of Dickens's most widely read novels. Other contributors also supplied stories and articles, often anonymously or under editorial arrangements controlled by Dickens.

The title is sometimes confused with Household Words because the older magazine's name was incorporated into the new journal's title after a legal settlement. After Dickens died in 1870, his son Charles Dickens Jr. took over editing. All the Year Round continued until 1895.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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