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‘Minerva House … was “a finishing establishment for young ladies,” where some twenty girls of the ages from thirteen to nineteen inclusive, acquired a smattering of everything and a knowledge of nothing‘ is a quotation from Sketches by Boz, Tales, Chapter 3 (Sentiment).
Sketches by Boz is a collection of short pieces written by Charles Dickens and published as a book in 1836.
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