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Rebecca West, born Cecil William James on December 21, 1892, and died on March 15, 1983, was a prominent British author of the 20th century. Known for her profound social insight and unique literary style, she left a lasting impact on the world of literature.

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“Domesticity is essentially drama, for drama is conflict, and the home compels conflict by its concentration of active personalities in a small area. The real objection to domesticity is that it is too exciting.”

Real Home Personality Drama Conflict Areas Exciting Active Concentration Objections Housework Domesticity

Book:The young Rebecca: writings of Rebecca West, 1911-17

Source: The young Rebecca: writings of Rebecca West, 1911-17

“Where there is real love one wants to go to church first.”

Want Firsts Real Church Real Love

Book:The Judge

Source: The Judge

“His smile bore the same relation to a real smile as false teeth do to real teeth.”

Real Relation Teeth Bores His Smile

Book:Black Lamb and Grey Falcon

Source: Black Lamb and Grey Falcon

“Here lies the real terror in the international war of ideologies; that a city knows not whom it entertains.”

Knows War Real Lying Cities International Terror Terrorism Ideology

Book:The meaning of treason

Source: The meaning of treason

“A bad short story or novel or poem leaves one comparatively calm because it does not exist, unless it gets a fake prestige throughbeing mistaken for good work. It is essentially negative, it is something that has not come through. But over bad criticism one has a sense of real calamity.”

Doe Real Stories Fiction Novel Negative Criticism Calm Fake Working It Short Story Good Work Mistaken Calamity Prestige Literary Criticism

Book:The Strange Necessity: Essays and Reviews

Source: The Strange Necessity: Essays and Reviews

“Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.”

War Real Seems Funny Science Women Military Astronomy Astrology

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“Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits down and considers just how many people know the real truth about his or her love affairs.”

People Knows Love Writing Real Difficult Down And Affair Real Love Biographies Love Affair Real Truth

Author:Rebecca West

“We all drew on the comfort which is given out by the major works of Mozart, which is as real and material as the warmth given up by a glass of brandy.”

War Real Given Materials Comfort Majors Glasses Warmth Given Up Brandy

Book:Black lamb and grey falcon: a journey through Yugoslavia

Source: Black lamb and grey falcon: a journey through Yugoslavia

About the Author

Born: December 21, 1892
Died: March 15, 1983
Known for: Author
Quotes: 227

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