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Andrew Norman Wilson (A. N. Wilson)

2025-02-20 05:05:00 -

Tennyson seems to be the patron saint of the wishy washies, which is perhaps why I admire him so much, not only as a poet, but as a man.

Tennyson seems to be the patron saint of the wishy washies, which is perhaps why I admire him so much, not only as a poet, but as a man.

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Andrew Norman Wilson (A. N. Wilson)

2025-02-20 05:06:00 -

Nearly all monster stories depend for their success on Jack killing the Giant, Beowulf or St. George slaying the Dragon, Harry Potter triumphing over the basilisk. That is their inner grammar, and the whole shape of the story leads towards it.

Nearly all monster stories depend for their success on Jack killing the Giant, Beowulf or St. George slaying the Dragon, Harry Potter triumphing over the basilisk. That is their inner grammar, and the whole shape of the story leads towards it.

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Andrew Norman Wilson (A. N. Wilson)

2025-02-20 05:07:00 -

I don't write books inadvertently.

I don't write books inadvertently.

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Andrew Norman Wilson (A. N. Wilson)

2025-02-20 05:08:00 -

Anti-Semitism is extremely common.

Anti-Semitism is extremely common.

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Andrew Norman Wilson (A. N. Wilson)

2025-02-20 05:09:00 -

I think one of the very frightening things about the regime of the National Socialists is that it made people happy.

I think one of the very frightening things about the regime of the National Socialists is that it made people happy.

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Andrew Norman Wilson (A. N. Wilson)

2025-02-20 05:10:00 -

Everyone writes in Tolstoy's shadow, whether one feels oneself to be Tolstoyan or not.

Everyone writes in Tolstoy's shadow, whether one feels oneself to be Tolstoyan or not.

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Andrew Norman Wilson (A. N. Wilson)

2025-02-20 05:11:00 -

I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.

I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.

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Andrew Norman Wilson (A. N. Wilson)

2025-02-20 05:12:00 -

I suppose if I'd got a brilliant first and done research I might still be a don today, but I hope not. People become dons because they are incapable of doing anything else in life.

I suppose if I'd got a brilliant first and done research I might still be a don today, but I hope not. People become dons because they are incapable of doing anything else in life.

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Andrew Norman Wilson (A. N. Wilson)

2025-02-20 05:13:00 -

The scribbler's life is never done.

The scribbler's life is never done.

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Andrew Norman Wilson (A. N. Wilson)

2025-02-20 05:14:00 -

It seems astonishing to be paid for indulging in pure pleasure. For me to go to Coburg is rather as if a trainspotter was sent for a few weeks to Swindon or a chocoholic asked on holiday by Green and Black.

It seems astonishing to be paid for indulging in pure pleasure. For me to go to Coburg is rather as if a trainspotter was sent for a few weeks to Swindon or a chocoholic asked on holiday by Green and Black.

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