English Eccentrics: a Gallery of Weird and Wonderful Men and Women

English Eccentrics: a Gallery of Weird and Wonderful Men and Women
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Download or read book English Eccentrics: a Gallery of Weird and Wonderful Men and Women written by Edith Sitwell and published by Rare Treasure Editions. This book was released on 2021-11-09T17:13:00Z with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eccentricity exists particularly in the English, states Dame Edith Sitwell, because of “that peculiar and satisfactory knowledge of infallibility that is the hallmark and the birthright of the British nation.” Originally published in the 1930s, The English Eccentrics has lost none of its vitality and wit. We find hermits, quacks, mariners, indefatigable travelers, and men of learning. We meet the amphibious Lord Rokeby, whose beard reached his knees and who seldom left his bath; the irascible Captain Thicknesses, who left his right hand, to be cut off after his death, to his son Lord Audley; and Curricle Coats, the Gifted Amateur, whose suit was sewn with diamonds and whose every performance ended in uproar. This is a glorious gallery of the extremes of human nature, portrayed with humor, sympathy, knowledge, and love.


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