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“Kingsley Amis' novel, Lucky Jim, which is the story of a guy who is planning to escape from his academic job, mentions Chelsea in a stream of consciousness.”
Sentiment: Passing Reference
Trigger: 60s fashion and culture
For: Readers interested in 20th-century British literature and cultural history.
Key quote: “Kingsley Amis hates bohemianism and he hates kind of upper class dandies and free thinkers and people like that.”
The host mentions 'Lucky Jim' to illustrate Kingsley Amis's disdain for bohemianism and the upper-class lifestyle associated with Chelsea in the 1950s. This reference serves to highlight the cultural backdrop against which Mary Quant emerged as a fashion designer.