Books
THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS by Angus Wilson, Edith Sitwell, Cyril Connolly, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Evelyn Waugh, Christopher Sykes and W.
Sept. 13, 1992
Barbara Skelton, 79, British author best known for her books about her colorful life and loves.
Feb. 4, 1996
Afterword
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Aug. 19, 2010
Editor’s Note: With the turn of the millennial odometer now hard upon us, we asked a number of writers to share with us their neglected classics of the century, books they love but which, for one reason or another, have yet to find the readers they so richly deserve.
Dec. 26, 1999
The piers are pummelled by the waves; In a lonely field the rain Lashes an abandoned train; Outlaws fill the mountain caves.
April 8, 2001
Humphrey Carpenter, a generous and forgiving biographer, has written a book about Evelyn Waugh and his friends.
March 4, 1990
California
The English essayist, Cyril Connolly, wrote that, “No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in the morning.”
Jan. 14, 1990
In “St.
Aug. 11, 1996
World & Nation
A study shows they give less than Protestants do. Experts attribute the difference to a lack of a feeling of ownership toward the church.
Feb. 25, 2006
Nora Sayre, a cultural historian, essayist and film critic who wrote acutely observed analyses of America in the 1950s and ‘60s, died of emphysema Wednesday in New York.
Aug. 11, 2001