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Evelyn Waugh
Geburtstag: 28. Oktober 1903
Todesdatum: 10. April 1966
Andere Namen: Evelyn Arthur John Waugh
Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh [ˈɑrθər ˈiːvlɪn ˈsɪndʒən wɔː] war ein britischer Schriftsteller.
Mehrere seiner Romane gelten als Klassiker der englischen Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts. Das Time-Magazin wählte Wiedersehen mit Brideshead und Eine Handvoll Staub zu den besten 100 englischsprachigen Romanen, die zwischen 1923 und 2005 veröffentlicht wurden. 2015 wählten 82 internationale Literaturkritiker und -wissenschaftler die satirischen Romane Scoop und Verfall und Untergang unter die bedeutendsten britischen Romane. Wikipedia
Zitate Evelyn Waugh
„One can write, think and pray exclusively of others; dreams are all egocentric.“
Diary entry (5 October 1962)
„Mrs. Ape's famous hymn, There ain't no flies on the Lamb of God.“
— Evelyn Waugh, buch Vile Bodies
Quelle: Vile Bodies (1930), Chapter 1
— Evelyn Waugh, buch Brideshead Revisited
Part 1, Chapter 1
Brideshead Revisited (1945)
— Evelyn Waugh, buch A Handful of Dust
"No one I am thankful to say," said Mrs. Beaver, "except two housemaids who lost their heads and jumped through a glass roof into the paved court."
First lines
A Handful of Dust (1934)
— Evelyn Waugh, buch The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Quelle: The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold (1957), Chapter 1
Quelle: Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
„It doesn't matter what people call you unless they call you pigeon pie and eat you up.“
Part 2, Chapter 3
Brideshead Revisited (1945)
Quelle: Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
„Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.“
Diaries of Evelyn Waugh (1976)
„After all, damn it, what does being in love mean if you can't trust a person.“
— Evelyn Waugh, buch Vile Bodies
Quelle: Vile Bodies
„In the dying world I come from, quotation is a national vice.“
— Evelyn Waugh, buch The Loved One
Quelle: The Loved One (1948), Chapter 9
Kontext: In the dying world I come from, quotation is a national vice. No one would think of making an after-dinner speech without the help of poetry. It used to be the classics, now it's lyric verse.
Quelle: Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
Quelle: Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
„O God, make me good, but not yet“
Part 1, start of chapter 5
Brideshead Revisited (1945)
Quelle: Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
„To understand all is to forgive all.“
Quelle: Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
„No one is ever holy without suffering.“
Quelle: Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
„Where can we hide in fair weather, we orphans of the storm?“
Quelle: Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
„There's only one great evil in the world today. Despair.“
— Evelyn Waugh, buch Vile Bodies
Quelle: Vile Bodies
Quelle: Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
Quelle: Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
