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Dickens
Charles Dickens, novelist whose social commentary is referenced.
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First appearance: heretics
Dickens shows up with force in XV: On Smart Novelists and the Smart Set. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Used as an example of a sentimentalist whose robust humor came from a capacity for silly sentimentalism, contrasting with modern wits.
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