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I do like the double-talk about liquor: “‘It ain’t tea,’ said Mrs.Gamp. It can’t be easy for someone to make themselves ridiculous so they simultaneously feel good about themself, but perhaps it’s easier than feeling miserable so one can appear “good” (1401).
— May 10, 2026 09:50AM
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For future research, analyze Martin Chuzzlewit as a “linguistic mosaic” British and American dialects and Pecksniff’s tortured syntax of cant (pretense to morality to gain advantage).
— May 10, 2026 10:54AM
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Diversity of knowledge, Chuffey’s in particular exceeding others’ assumptions (1395).
— May 09, 2026 10:05AM
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Dickens publishes the book Martin Chuzzlewit as a book in 1844. Poe publishes “Tell-Tale Heart” in 1843. Who first came up with a heart that beat “Murder, Murder, Murder” (1346)?
— May 04, 2026 11:21AM
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Dickens contrasts the dark wood (1339), the scene of Jonas murdering Montague, to the “infernal room” that holds Jonas’ terror of being discovered (1343). Significant, Jonas missed the “rare” sunset because he was lying in wait for Montague in the woods (1341).
— May 04, 2026 11:11AM
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The cognitive dissonance of the phrase “loquacious frankness” suits Cherry Pecksniff (1295).
— Apr 21, 2026 08:25PM
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Description of Tom’s sister’s singing is really a description of its effect on the listeners (1287).
— Apr 21, 2026 02:48PM
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The red ink foreshadows Jonas‘s murder of Montague (1269).
— Apr 14, 2026 02:19PM
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Jonas and Pecksniff play the confidence game (1260) [e.g. greedy listening].
— Apr 14, 2026 02:05PM
