Once you start changing a name, you see, there's no reason … - Evelyn Waugh

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Once you start changing a name, you see, there's no reason ever to stop. One always hears one that sounds better.

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Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books; he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. His most famous works include the early satires Decline and Fall (1928) and A Handful of Dust (1934), the novel Brideshead Revisited (1945), and the Second World War trilogy Sword of Honour (1952–1961). He is recognised as one of the great prose stylists of the English language in the 20th century.

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Alternative Names: Evelyn Arthur St John Waugh • Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh

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Once you start changing a name, you see, there's no reason ever to stop. One always hears one that sounds better. - Evelyn Waugh

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