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The first smiley in literature

posted Thursday, 10 September 2009


My ancient edition of 'David Copperfield' has this passage:

'Oh, go-roo!' (it is really impossible to express how he twisted
this ejaculation out of himself, as he peeped round the door-post
at me, showing nothing but his crafty old head; ) 'will you go for
fourpence?'


I also learned today that Elizabeth Bowen made the first recorded use of the
word 'claustrophobic' in fiction.

PS: A space put between the ; and ) by myself to prevent this blog turning it automatically into