Most comic writers like to think they could play it straight if only their public would let them. Waugh is able to be grave without difficulty for he has always been comic for serious reasons. He has his own, almost romantic sense of propriety.


"Evelyn Waugh: Club and Country", p. 101 - The Tale Bearers: English and American Writers (1980)

V. S. Pritchett Quotes

Most comic writers like to think they could play it straight if only their public would let them. Waugh is able to be grave without difficulty for he ...

Most comic writers like to think they could play it straight if only their public would let them. Waugh is able to be grave without difficulty for he ...

Most comic writers like to think they could play it straight if only their public would let them. Waugh is able to be grave without difficulty for he ...

Most comic writers like to think they could play it straight if only their public would let them. Waugh is able to be grave without difficulty for he ...