paragraph_text: The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Love of Words is a book by Simon Winchester that was first published in England in 1998. It was retitled The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary in the United States and Canada.

paragraph_text: Sure of You (1989) is the sixth book in the "Tales of the City" series by San Francisco novelist Armistead Maupin. The story takes place around the eve of the 1988 presidential election in the U.S., three years after the previous book "Significant Others". The book was written as the end to the Tales series and is the antithesis of the first book.

paragraph_text: Hadon of Ancient Opar is a fantasy novel by American writer Philip José Farmer, first published in paperback by DAW Books in April 1974, and reprinted three times through 1983. The first British edition was published by Magnum in 1977; it was reprinted by Methuen in 1993. The first trade paperback edition was published by Titan Books in 2013. The work has also been translated into French. It was later gathered together with its sequels "Flight to Opar" and "The Song of Kwasin" into the omnibus collection "Gods of Opar: Tales of Lost Khokarsa" (2012). It and its sequels purport to fill in some of the ancient prehistory of the lost city of Opar, created by Edgar Rice Burroughs as a setting for his Tarzan series.

paragraph_text: The Tale of Pigling Bland is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter and first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1913. The story describes the adventures of the pig of the title and how his life changes upon meeting a soul mate, in much the same way that Potter's life was changing at the time the book was published.

paragraph_text: The Grandmother's Tale and Selected Stories is a book by R. K. Narayan with illustrations by his brother R. K. Laxman published in 1994 by "Viking Press". The book includes a novella, "Grandmother's Tale" and some other stories in the characteristic Narayan style that captures suffering through comedic narratives. The book was a bestseller in the United States.

paragraph_text: The Oakdale Affair and The Rider is a collection of two short novels by American writers Edgar Rice Burroughs. "The Oakdale Affair", a contemporary tale, was written in 1917 under the working title of "Bridge and the Oskaloosa Kid", and is a partial sequel to "The Mucker" (1914/1916), as Bridge, the protagonist, had been a secondary character in the earlier work. It was first published in "Blue Book Magazine" in March 1918. "The Rider", a Ruritanian romance, was written in 1915 and first published as "H.R.H. the Rider" as a serial in All-Story Weekly from December 14–18, 1918. The first book publication of the two stories brought them together in one volume as The Oakdale Affair and The Rider, issued by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. in February 1937; the book was reprinted by Grosset & Dunlap in 1937, 1938 and 1940. Both works have since been published separately.

paragraph_text: The Continent Makers is a science fiction novella by American writers L. Sprague de Camp, part of his "Viagens Interplanetarias" series. It was first published in the magazine "Thrilling Wonder Stories" in the issue for April, 1951. It first appeared in book form in the collection "The Continent Makers and Other Tales of the Viagens", published in hardcover by Twayne Publishers in 1953, and in paperback by Signet Books in 1971. It has also been translated into Portuguese, Dutch, and Italian.

paragraph_text: Double Jeopardy is a science fiction novel by Fletcher Pratt. It was first published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1952, and reprinted as a selection of the Science Fiction Book Club in 1953. The first paperback edition was issued in digest form by Galaxy Publishing Corporation as its "Galaxy Science Fiction Novel" #30 in 1957; a second paperback edition was issued by Curtis Books in 1967. The novel has been translated into Italian. The book is a combination of two shorter pieces, the novellas "Double Jeopardy" and "The Square Cube Law," originally published in the magazine "Thrilling Wonder Stories" in the issues for April, 1952 and June, 1952, respectively.

paragraph_text: A Tale of Two Cities is a 1935 film based upon Charles Dickens' 1859 historical novel, "A Tale of Two Cities", set in London and Paris. The film stars Ronald Colman as Sydney Carton, Donald Woods and Elizabeth Allan. The supporting players include Reginald Owen, Basil Rathbone, Claude Gillingwater, Edna May Oliver and Blanche Yurka. It was directed by Jack Conway from a screenplay by W. P. Lipscomb and S. N. Behrman. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Film Editing. The story is set in the French Revolution and deals with two men who love the same woman.

paragraph_text: Jorkens Remembers Africa is a collection of fantasy short stories, narrated by Mr. Joseph Jorkens, by writer Lord Dunsany. It was first published in New York City by Longmans, Green & Co. in October, 1934, with the English edition (under the alternate title "Mr. Jorkens Remembers Africa") following in November of the same year from the same publisher. It was the second collection of Dunsany's Jorkens tales to be published. It has also been issued in combination with the first book, "The Travel Tales of Mr. Joseph Jorkens", in the omnibus edition "The Collected Jorkens, Volume One", published by Night Shade Books in 2004.

paragraph_text: The Fourth Book of Jorkens is a collection of fantasy short stories, narrated by Mr. Joseph Jorkens, by writer Lord Dunsany. It was first published by Jarrolds in 1947. It was the fourth collection of Dunsany's Jorkens tales to be published. It has also been issued in combination with the third book, "Jorkens Has a Large Whiskey", in the omnibus edition "The Collected Jorkens, Volume Two", published by Night Shade Books in 2004.

paragraph_text: The Pixilated Peeress is a fantasy novel by American writers L. Sprague de Camp and Catherine Crook de Camp. It is the second book in their sequence of two Neo-Napolitanian novels, following "The Incorporated Knight". It was first published in hardcover by Del Rey Books in August 1991, and in paperback by the same publisher in September 1992. An E-book edition was published by Gollancz's SF Gateway imprint on September 29, 2011 as part of a general release of de Camp's works in electronic form.

paragraph_text: The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish is a book by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean, first published in 1997 by White Wolf Publishing. It was republished in 2004 by Harper Children's with a new cover and afterword. The story is a retelling of the old tale of an object that gets swapped from person to person, until the original owner needs it back—and then has to swap possessions back again, step by step, to retrieve it.

paragraph_text: Earthgrip is a collection of linked science fiction stories by Harry Turtledove, first published in hardcover by The Easton Press in 1991, and paperback by Ballantine Books in December of the same year. The cover of the paperback edition bears the subtitled "Tales from the Traders' World." It was later gathered together with his novel "Noninterference" and collection "Kaleidoscope" into the omnibus collection "3 X T", published in hardcover by Baen Books in 2004.

paragraph_text: Jorkens Borrows Another Whiskey is a collection of fantasy short stories, narrated by Mr. Joseph Jorkens, by writer Lord Dunsany. It was first published in London by Michael Joseph in 1954. It was the fifth collection of Dunsany's Jorkens tales to be published. It has also been issued in combination with the sixth book, "The Last Book of Jorkens", in the omnibus edition "The Collected Jorkens, Volume Three", published by Night Shade Books in 2005.

paragraph_text: The School for Good and Evil is a New York Times bestselling children's fantasy book series by Soman Chainani. The first book, The School for Good and Evil, was published on May 14, 2013 through HarperCollins. The second volume, A World Without Princes, was published in 2014, and the third, The Last Ever After, appeared in 2015. The series is set in a world where every four years two children are chosen to attend a prestigious school where fairy tale heroes and villains are made.

paragraph_text: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter and first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in October 1908 as "The Roly-Poly Pudding". In 1926, it was re-published as "The Tale of Samuel Whiskers". The book is dedicated to the author's fancy rat "Sammy" and tells of Tom Kitten's escape from two rats who plan to make him into a pudding. The tale was adapted to animation in 1993.

paragraph_text: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (Known as ``The Pickwick Papers '') (Monthly serial, April 1836 to November 1837)

paragraph_text: The Willows at Christmas is a children's novel by English writer William Horwood, first published in 1999. It is the fourth book of the "Tales of the Willows" series, a collection of four sequels to Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows".

paragraph_text: Túrin Turambar (pronounced ) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. ""Turambar and the Foalókë"", begun in 1917, is the first appearance of Túrin in the legendarium. J.R.R. Tolkien consciously based the story on the medieval tale of Kullervo in the Finnish mythological poem "Kalevala", saying that it was "an attempt to reorganize...the tale of Kullervo the hapless, into a form of my own". Also called ""The Tale of Grief"", ""Narn i Chîn Húrin"", commonly called "The Narn", it tells of the tragic fates of the children of Húrin, namely his son Túrin (Turambar) and his daughter Nienor. Excerpts of the story were published before, in "The Silmarillion" (prose), "Unfinished Tales" (prose), "The Book of Lost Tales" Part II (prose), "The Lays of Beleriand" (verse in alliterative long-lines) and most recently in 1994 in "The War of the Jewels" (prose), the latter three part of "The History of Middle-earth" series.

Question: In what form was A Tale of Two Cities author's first book published?
Answer: Monthly serial