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Also known as Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, Q, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, A. T. Quiller-Couch

British writer and literary critic (1863–1944)

Person · Open Library

Born
1863
Died
1944
Works
375

Top works

  • Hetty Wesley
  • My best book
  • The adventures of Harry Revel
  • St. Ives
  • The Warwickshire Avon

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Type
Person
Country
GB
Active from
1863-11-21
Active to
1944-05-12

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
4
Total plays
8

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Quotes

  • O pastoral heart of England! like a psalmOf green days telling with a quiet beat.
  • Only the heelOf splendid steelShall stand secure on sliding fate,When golden navies weep their freight.
  • I could not find the way to God;There were too many flaming sunsFor signposts, and the fearful roadLed over wastes where millionsOf tangled comets hissed and burned—I was bewildered and I turned.
  • Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of exceptionally fine writing, obey it—whole-heartedly—and delete it before sending your manuscript to press. Murder your darlings.
  • All the old statues of Victory have wings: but Grief has no wings. She is the unwelcome lodger that squats on the hearthstone between us and the fire and will not move or be dislodged.
  • And rather than make the book unwieldy I have eschewed notes—reluctantly when some obscure passage or allusion seemed to ask for a timely word; with more equanimity when the temptation was to criticize or 'appreciate.' For the function of the anthologist includes criticizing in silence.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Arthur
Gender
male
Place of birth
Bodmin
Place of death
Fowey
Occupation
novelist
Educated at
Trinity College
Languages spoken
English language
Image
Arthur Quiller-Couch.jpg
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Commons category
Arthur Quiller-Couch
date of birth
1863-11-21
date of death
1944-05-12
manner of death
accidental death
pseudonym
Q
cause of death
traffic collision
place of burial
Cornwall
writing language
English language
birth name
Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
archives at
British Library
Commons Creator page
Arthur Quiller-Couch
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