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a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice

positive

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really is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ' evelyn . '

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the reason for that is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence .

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it does n't reach them , but the effort is gratefully received .
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