I have called this style the Mandarin style, since it is beloved by literary pundits, by those who would make the written word as unlike as possible to the spoken one. It is the style of those writers whose tendency is to make their language convey more than they mean or more than they feel, it is the style of most artists and all humbugs.


Enemies of Promise (1938)

Cyril Connolly Quotes

I have called this style the Mandarin style, since it is beloved by literary pundits, by those who would make the written word as unlike as possible...

I have called this style the Mandarin style, since it is beloved by literary pundits, by those who would make the written word as unlike as possible...

I have called this style the Mandarin style, since it is beloved by literary pundits, by those who would make the written word as unlike as possible...

I have called this style the Mandarin style, since it is beloved by literary pundits, by those who would make the written word as unlike as possible...