Most comic writers like to think they could play it straigh… - V. S. Pritchett

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Most comic writers like to think they could play it straight if only their public would let them. Waugh is able to be grave without difficulty for he has always been comic for serious reasons. He has his own, almost romantic sense of propriety.

V. S. Pritchett

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Victor Sawdon Pritchett (16 December 1900– 20 March 1997) was a British short story writer, novelist, memoirist and critic.

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Alternative Names: Sir Victor Sawdon Pritchett • Victor Sawdon Pritchett

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