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Word: sylph (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sorry for Mrs. Dickens, believes that "to be a novelist's wife is truly dreadful," but thinks much should be left unsaid on both sides. As to Dickens' solacing himself with an actress, he thinks that affair "remained platonic and Dickensian-the love for the sylph." Maurois would prefer to draw more of a veil than even Dickens did over the whole business. "In any case, does it matter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pecksniff or Poet? | 2/25/1935 | See Source »

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