# Dickens — Heretics character guide

> Dickens in Heretics by G. K. Chesterton.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-heretics

## Who they are

Charles Dickens, novelist whose social commentary is referenced.

## In the story

### [XV: On Smart Novelists and the Smart Set](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/heretics_se/chapters/xv-on-smart-novelists-and-the-smart-set)

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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