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It's important to remember that this was written contemporaneosly. These were the attitudes of at least some of the layers of English society. We can bemoan it, but all you have to do is compare with the aforementioned Cussler to see how far we haven't come.
Unlike others, I quite enjoy the upper-class twit character that Lord Peter mimics. He so clearly is not that brainless twit, but does it so delightfully over the top.
Bunter was his batman during the war, and Wimsey was severely shell-shocked, and still has episodes, though they're fewer and shorter.
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