29 August 2020

Only for brilliant English stylists

"To say that the book is beautifully written would be mere impertinence; we expect no less from one of the most brilliant living stylists."

Who wrote this [in the 1930s] about whom?  
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5 comments:

  1. The Flying Dutchman29 August, 2020

    I’ve googled the quote and have found an answer that seems fairly likely. However, not having access to back issues of The Times I cannot verify the quote.

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  2. motuproprio29 August, 2020

    According to Dorothy L. Sayers 'This book is full of hard Knox'.

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  3. Stephen Barber29 August, 2020

    Dorothy L. Sayers on The Body in the Silo by Ronald Knox.

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  4. Josephus Muris Saliensis29 August, 2020

    Can only be about Dorothy L Sayers. But by whom?! What fun.

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  5. Fr John Hunwicke29 August, 2020

    Sayers about Knox. What an age!

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