“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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Auberon Waugh
Standard Name: Waugh, Auberon
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Literary responses | Nina Bawden | Auberon Waugh
's review of the book was headed: If only nasty Laura had kept her clothes on . . . . |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Elizabeth De la Pasture | EDP
had two daughters from her first marriage. The elder, Edmée Elizabeth Monica De la Pasture (born on 9 June 1890), became the novelist E. M. Delafield
—who, however, found her mother cold and distant... |
| Textual Features | Elizabeth De la Pasture | Mishaps abound, from the moment when Mr Chubb, stamping about with excitement at the news of the family's sudden accession to wealth, says, I hope, children, that you will conduct yourselves with steadiness and propriety... |
| Literary responses | Elizabeth De la Pasture | Novelist Evelyn Waugh
was an ardent admirer of this book after coming on a copy by chance in 1950. His children liked it as much as he did, and thirty years later one of them,... |
| Literary responses | Margaret Forster | Some reviewers, however, concentrated on the public policy issues. Jonathan Coe
in The Guardian suggested that Forster deserved a hypothetical prize for the most socially useful novel of the year, “Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC. 271 |
| Literary responses | Rosamond Lehmann | Auberon Waugh
likened A Sea-Grape Tree to pulp romance, The Times thought it unintentionally absurd, and Lorna Sage
called the main characters paper people. Thoughtful and positive comments from Elizabeth Jane Howard |
| Literary responses | Penelope Mortimer | US reviews were enthusiastic, though in Britain Auberon Waugh
decried the book as ego-maniac drivel. Lord, Graham. John Mortimer, The Devil’s Advocate. The Unauthorised Biography. Orion. 174 Mortimer, Penelope. About Time Too: 1940-1978. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 193 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Evelyn Waugh | Her family, particularly her mother, opposed the marriage, though they softened towards Waugh in the end. The couple had seven children (besides one stillborn daughter). The eldest became the writer Auberon Waugh
; the last... |
| Literary responses | Evelyn Waugh | His son Auberon
observed that crucial aspects of his father's character, his spontaneous gaiety or sweetness of nature with friends and his kindliness, or . . . sudden disarming gentleness with family, go unrecorded in... |
Timeline
30 May 1967: Colonel Emeka Ojukwu of Eastern Nigeria made...
National or international item
30 May 1967
Colonel Emeka Ojukwu
of Eastern Nigeria made a unilateral declaration of independence on the part of the Ibo people, which set up the Republic of Biafra.
January 1996: Novelist Kate Mosse and a committee of literary...
Women writers item
January 1996
Novelist Kate Mosse
and a committee of literary professionals established the Orange Prize for Fiction (later the Baileys Prize, now the Women's Proze for Fiction), a literary prize to be solely awarded to and judged...
Texts
Waugh, Auberon et al. “Introduction”. The Unlucky Family, Folio Society, 1980, p. vii - xii.
De la Pasture, Elizabeth et al. The Unlucky Family. Folio Society, 1980.
Waugh, Daisy et al. “The Unlucky Family”. The Unlucky Family, Folio Society, 1980, p. xii - xiii.