Word: severn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...three weeks ago, it is probable that few among the liberating forces realized that they had liberated, among other things, the grave of John Keats. The romantic poet is buried in Rome's Protestant Cemetery. Last week, by a timely coincidence, the first full-length account of Joseph Severn, the little known English artist who accompanied Keats to Rome, cared for him loyally during his last days, was published...
Against Oblivion is not exactly a fictionized biography, since letters and diaries carefully document it, but it includes a few invented scenes and speeches. The work of Sheila, Countess of Birkenhead (daughter-in-law of Severn's grandson) it is a labor of love in more senses than one. The affection for Keats with which it is suffused, its portrait of the gentle, sturdy, unworldly, innocent and perceptive Severn, its wonderful picture of Severn's happy family life make it a biography as tender and moving as any in recent literature...
...American as Peck's Bad Boy, and a good deal noisier. He did not want to go to Eton, but when his mother (Marta Linden) marries an Englishman (Ian Hunter) Timothy can't escape it. Right off he makes friends with a cute little Lord (Raymond Severn), whom he calls Inky, and an enemy of Ronnie Kenvil (Peter Lawford). Tim's stepbrother Peter (Freddie Bartholomew) tries to arbitrate, but Tim doesn't like Peter either. By the end of term he has democratically banged his head against every Eton tradition. Between-terms he causes the death...
...Richard Ney) is down from Oxford with an acute case of maturity and social consciousness. There are the youngsters (Christopher Severn and Clare Sandars). Mrs. Miniver (a suburban Candida) indulges the deliciously guilty feeling of having overspent her allowance on a gaudy hat. Mr. Miniver can overstep his architect's income for a sporty new car. Tomorrow will always balance the books...
...loss of some of its summer cruises: in a world at war there were no warships to spare to practice on. Because future war classes will have to study during summer to finish in three years, midshipmen will practice on ketches, YP (yard patrol) boats and subchasers on the Severn...