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Simon Raven

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Also known as Simon Arthur Noël Raven

British writer (1927-2001)

Person · Open Library

Born
1927
Died
2001
Works
67

Top works

  • Fielding Gray
  • WORLD OF SIMON RAVEN; ED. BY HOWARD WATSON
  • Decline of the Gentleman
  • The Rich Pay Late
  • Doctors wear scarlet

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1975
heavy metalmetalnwobhm

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
354
Total plays
854

Tags

garage 60garage60's garageAll

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Quotes

  • Dusk is the time when men whisper of matters about which they remain silent in the full light of the sun.
  • And so, at the age of thirty, I had successively disgraced myself with three fine institutions, each of which had made me free of its full and rich resources, had trained me with skill and patience, and had shown me nothing but forbearance and charity when I failed in trust.
  • Gentlemen can now only behave as such, or be tolerated as such, in circumstances that are manifestly contrived or unreal.
  • He replaced his glasses, which were now smeared with mucus, and manfully assumed what he liked to think was the cautious but enlightened manner of one born to high responsibility which only conscience forbade him abrogate as modesty suggested.
  • The highest moral character can procure one no preference among the shades.
  • Christ asked for everything he got.

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date of death
2001-05-12
date of birth
1927-12-28
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Available in 7 languages

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