Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol (1843), Stave 2.

In came Mrs. Fezziwig, one vast substantial smile.

— Charles Dickens on Smiling

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "In came Mrs. Fezziwig, one vast substantial smile." in the context of "Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol (1843), Stave 2." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Charles Dickens

About Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens, FRSA (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was the foremost English novelist of the Victorian era, as well as a vigorous social campaigner. Charles Dickens was trying to ban workhouses his whole career.