The Innocents
by Sinclair Lewis
For example, if the author tried to write, and again it was a sublime work of realism, which is undoubtedly an article, it would be dangerous to dedicate it to a wonderful collection of young English writers so that critics do not seek influence and imitation. But an obvious excursion can safely admit the author's keen admiration for Compton Mackenzie, Hugh Walpole, Oliver Onion, D. H. Lawrence, J. Edgar Hoover, as it is still a fairy tale for people who read Dickens, carve spring poetry and love old people and children. In addition, they can not be mentioned without an even more enthusiastic praise of his master and teacher (he is probably a bastard, calling him master or teacher) - G. G. Wells