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Alec Waugh

Alec Waugh

Alexander Raban Waugh (8 July 1898 – 3 September 1981) was a British novelist, the elder brother of the better-known Evelyn Waugh, uncle of Auberon Waugh and son of Arthur Waugh, author, literary critic and publisher. His first wife was Barbara Jacobs (1900–1996), daughter of the writer William Wymark Jacobs, his second wife was Joan Chirnside (1902–1969), and his third wife was Virginia Sorenson (1912–1991), author of the Newbery Medal-winning Miracles on Maple Hill.

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Alexander Raban Waugh (8 July 1898 – 3 September 1981) was a British novelist, the elder brother of the better-known Eve...

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“You can fall in love at first sight with a place as with a person.”

“Nothing is more dead and dated than the book which once caused controversy.”

“In the last analysis the great patriots were those who identified personal ambition with the welfare of their country. The traitor, as often as not, was one who, failing to recognize where the true interests of his country lay, identified his personal ambition with the less noble aspirations of his people.”

“You can fall in love at first sight with a place as with a person.”

“Nothing is more dead and dated than the book which once caused controversy.”

“In the last analysis the great patriots were those who identified personal ambition with the welfare of their country. The traitor, as often as not, was one who, failing to recognize where the true interests of his country lay, identified his personal ambition with the less noble aspirations of his people.”

Books from the author

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The Loom ofYouth

Alec Waugh

ThePrisoners ofMainz

1919

Alec Waugh

The Prisoners of Mainz

PublicSchool Life:Boys,Parents,...

Alec Waugh

Public School Life: Boys, Parents, Masters

Myself WhenYoung:Confessions

Alec Waugh

Myself When Young: Confessions

The LonelyUnicorn: ANovel

1922

Alec Waugh

The Lonely Unicorn: A Novel

RolandWhately: ANovel

1922

Alec Waugh

Roland Whately: A Novel

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