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Givea character sketch of Mrs. Bouncer. |
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Answer» Dickens had a special fondness for Mrs. Bouncer, who belonged to his daughter Mamie. A Pomeranian, sometimes called a Spitz in the 19th century, she was by far the smallest of the Gad’s Hill dogs. Essentially, she was a miniature Spitz, with the typical pointed ears and curled tail, but, Mamie said, just “a tiny ball of white fluffy fur” when she arrived. Dickens loved watching her, “so preposterously small,” yet “assuming great airs” among the huge mastiffs, bloodhounds, Newfoundlands, and St. Bernards surrounding her. l |
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