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The main question to a novel is -- did it amuse? were you surprised at dinner coming so soon? did you mistake eleven for ten? were you too late to dress? and did you sit up beyond the usual hour? If a novel produces these effects, it is good; if it does not -- story, language, love, scandal itself cannot save it. It is only meant to please; and it must do that or it does nothing.
Sydney Smith The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journa… craft enjoyment novels pleasure writing

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Unscramble SYDNEY6-letter words that start with S6-letter words that end in Y6-letter words containing YD6-letter words containing EY6-letter words with S and Y
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
AARE
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CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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