October 2011
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Happy 108th birthday, Mr Waugh.
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“On one occasion, the Waughs called upon me to commiserate on a child of mine who...”
– Yours affec: Evelyn by Anne Fleming, The Times, September 22, 1973.
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Literary Translation of Media Disclaimer
confessionsofthediarist:
Original: “All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.”
Literary Translation: “I am not I. Thou art not he or she. They are not they.” -Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited
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“What is youth except a man or a woman before it is ready or fit to be seen?”
– Evelyn Waugh (via eloquentandhonest)
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“Much better than Lolita. But a show-off. Too clever by half. But a pleasure.”
– Evelyn Waugh on Pale Fire (via chekhonte)
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“When Nancy Mitford reported Nicholas Nabokov’s desire to turn The Ordeal...”
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Evelyn Waugh, R.I.P.
June 30, 2004, 9:47 a.m. Evelyn Waugh, R.I.P. By William F. Buckley Jr.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This obituary appeared in the May 3, 1966, issue of National Review.
I once encountered a very angry lady in Dallas, Texas, who announced herself head of a vigilance committee to keep dirty books out of the local libraries, and we talked a bit. I forgot just how the conversation moved, but at one point...
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“The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when...”
– Evelyn Waugh (via coltivare) 