Shots fired at Charles Dickens
Shots fired at the white person's flavor palette
"If tobacco smelled like [books] he'd huff it every day" Mood.

Let's go off about the Industrial Revolution. I. am. here. for. it.
"It's French. Latin's flimsiest daughter"
"there's no novelist writing about the effect of opium on Chinese families" haha. I see you, RF Kuang.
When one of the quote's is Victor Hugo.
ALSO THERE ARE FOOTNOTES.
Literally. Chef's kiss. Perfection. I am not worthy of R.F. Kuang and her brilliance. fjkldsfjildsafjklds I can't. I just can't. The commentary. The history. The language. fjkldsasfjkld Send help.
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