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Excerpt from The Contrast, Vol. 1 of 3: By the Author of "Matilda," "Yes and No, ' &C. &C
If I had been writing in French, l'homme Difficile would most nearly have defined the character I meant to pourtray; but there is no synonymous phrase in English. The Fasti dious Man did not quite please me. I am myself fastidious as to the use of the term, the Man, in a title explanatory of character.
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