Evelyn Waugh

Also known as Evelyn Arthur St John Waugh, Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh

British writer and journalist (1903–1966)

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Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966) was a British male author whose literary career began in 1924. He is associated with works including *Brideshead revisited*, *Decline and fall*, *Put out more flags*, *Rossetti, his life and works*, and *Work suspended, and other stories*. His bibliography includes 403 works, with five specifically noted in cross-reference data.

Waugh’s writings contain observations on social behavior and personal reflection. One quote notes that "Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything." Another states, "One can write, think and pray exclusively of others; dreams are all egocentric." He also commented on procreation, describing the pleasure as momentary, the posture as ridiculous, and the expense as damnable.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1903-10-28
Died: 19661966-04-10
Works: 403

Top works

Work suspended, and other stories
Rossetti, his life and works
Decline and fall
Put out more flags
Brideshead revisited

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1903-10-28
Active to: 1966-04-10

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 295
Total plays: 7,792

Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (English pronunciation: /ˈɑːθə ˈiːvlɪn ˈsɪndʒən wɔː/; 28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966), known as Evelyn Waugh, was an English writer of novels, biographies and travel books. He was also a prolific journalist and reviewer. His best-known works include his early satires Decline and Fall (1928) and A Handful of Dust (1934), his novel Brideshead Revisited (1945) and his trilogy of Second World War novels collectively known as Sword of Honour (1952–61). <a href="https://w

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,796x
Discovery, research, and development of new antibiotics: the WHO priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and tuberculosis
· 2018 · cited 5,423x
Radiomics: the bridge between medical imaging and personalized medicine
· 2017 · cited 4,994x
Stress recovery during exposure to natural and urban environments
· 1991 · cited 4,652x
The consensus molecular subtypes of colorectal cancer
· 2015 · cited 4,546x

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Quotes

“I had warned my father that my viva might mean a second. It meant a third, and I was overcome with regret, not, I am ashamed to say, for the giddy nights, but for the sober ones. I had not done much work, but I had done some. Had I known I was only to get a third I would not have wasted my time.”
“Don't give your opinions about Art and the Purpose of Life. They are of little interest and, anyway, you can't express them. Don't analyze yourself. Give the relevant facts and let your readers make their own judgments. Stick to your story. It is not the most important subject in history but it is one about which you are uniquely qualified to speak.”
“Don't hold your parents up to contempt. After all, you are their son, and it is just possible that you may take after them.”
“Of children as of procreation— the pleasure momentary, the posture ridiculous, the expense damnable.”
“Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.”
“One can write, think and pray exclusively of others; dreams are all egocentric.”

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Encyclopedic overview

Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (/ˈiːvlɪn ˈsɪndʒən ˈwɔː/; 28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books; he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. His most famous works include the early satires Decline and Fall (1928) and A Handful of Dust (1934), the novel Brideshead Revisited (1945), and the Second World War trilogy Sword of Honour (1952–1961). He is recognised as one of the great prose stylists of the English language in the 20th century.

Waugh, the son of a publisher, was educated at Lancing College and then at Hertford College, Oxford. He worked briefly as a schoolmaster before he became a full-time writer. As a young man, he acquired many fashionable and aristocratic friends and developed a taste for country house society.

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