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161. Sentiment

The Allusionist

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Sentimental Novels

Sentimentality is also a genre of writing starting in the nineteenth century. It's predominantly women's writing, not exclusively, but largely women writing sentimental novels. And they tend to be novels that are about women learning to be the way that they ought to be.

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