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Updated: May 27, 2025

The diorama, a recent invention, which carried an optical illusion a degree further than panoramas, had given rise to a mania among art students for ending every word with rama. The Maison Vauquer had caught the infection from a young artist among the boarders. "Well, Monsieur-r-r Poiret," said the employe from the Museum, "how is your health-orama?"

Honoré de Balzac - Father Goriot