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Quote by V. S. Pritchett

“Like many popular best-sellers, he was a very sad and solemn man who took himself too seriously and his art not seriously enough.”

Quote by V. S. Pritchett

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V. S. Pritchett
V. S. Pritchett

V. S. Pritchett was a British writer renowned for his short stories, novels, and literary criticism. Born on December 16, 1900, in London, he spent much of his life in the United States before returning to England in his later years. Pritchett's work frequently delved into the intricacies of human relationships and the social and political shifts of the 20th century. more

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“Prep school, public school, university: these now tedious influences standardize English autobiography, giving the educated Englishman the sad if fascinating appearance of a stuffed bird of sly and beady eye in some old seaside museum. The fixation on school has become a class trait. It manifests itself as a mixture of incurious piety and parlour game.”