Vulgar words in Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens (Page 1)
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Many critics have commented on the somewhat discordant and inartistic change between the earlier part of _Pickwick_ and the later; they have pointed out, not without good sense, that the character of Mr. Pickwick changes from that of a silly buffoon to that of a solid merchant.
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Little Nell has her own position in careful and reasonable criticism: even that wobbling old ass, her grandfather, has his position in it; perhaps even the dissipated Fred (whom long acquaintance with Mr. Dick Swiveller has not made any less dismal in his dissipation) has a place in it also.
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Cousin Feenix is a good sketch of the sort of well-bred old ass who is so fundamentally genuine that he is always saying very true things by accident.
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For even if one calls him a half-wit, it still makes a difference that he keeps the right half of his wits.
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I do not mean that it is a novel without a _jeune premier_, a young man to make love; _Pickwick_ is that and _Oliver Twist_, and, perhaps, _The Old Curiosity Shop_.