Talk:Rookwood (novel)

A fact from Rookwood (novel) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 September 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that George Cruikshank, in Artist and the Author, disputed the origin of William Harrison Ainsworth's stories about evil gypsies, a famous thief, treasonous Catholics, a dark prison, burned sinners, an old miser, a horny king, and a stupid queen? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/September.

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Article currently says: "The novel disappeared from bookshops after World War II and a restriction on the use of paper," with a citation to Ainworth's biographer which I cannot check. Perhaps the source actually says that many minor classic Victorian novels fell out of print due to post-WWII paper shortages, but as given here there is an implication that Rookwood was singled out, which seems ridiculously unlikely. Mandrakos (talk) 00:15, 28 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]