In 1926 GG
converted to Roman Catholicism
at the insistence of his fiancée, Vivien Dayrell-Browning
. His baptism was a banal affair at a dark cathedral in Nottingham, full of inferior statues.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Graham Greene
GG
married Vivien (earlier Vivienne) Dayrell-Browning
at St Mary's Catholic Church, Holly Place, Hampstead.
Sherry, Norman. The Life of Graham Greene: Volume I. Random House, 2004.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Graham Greene
Within a few months, however, Greene himself had become engaged, to Vivien Dayrell-Browning
.
Reception
Evelyn Waugh
The Times Literary Supplement review by Thomas Sturge Moore
, though prominent and lengthy, was more an essay on Rossetti than a review of the book in question, and was in any case not complimentary...
Textual Production
Naomi Royde-Smith
A collection edited by Vivienne Dayrell
in 1929, The New Decameron included a long short story by NRS
entitled The Pattern, which the TLS found slow and over-detailed.