Word: sitwellian
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...most iridescent contemporary writers (England Reclaimed, Escape with Me). Left Hand, Right Hand ("the lines of the left hand are incised unalterably at birth . . . those of the right hand are modified by one's actions") is a neo-Proustian, witty remembrance of things (mainly amusing) from the proud Sitwellian past. It is also a latter-day Book of Snobs, in which converge "all [the] diverse rays of lineage" that form that "mixture of blood which in England constitutes the aristocratic tradition...
...refreshingly written, possibly a little Sitwellian in general tone, but the appealing and romantic picture of the characters makes up for any literary license on Coffin's part. The author's quaint poeticizing fits the Pennells better than more modern treatment. As a brand of extinct Americans they look more realistic in daguerreotype...
England's Sitwell trio (Osbert, Edith, Sacheverell), sophisticated rather than passionate poets, conceal their artistry beneath Sitwellian artificiality that annoys many a plain person, delights their devotees and themselves. But occasionally, as in Brother Osbert's Dumb-Animal stories, humanity cracks the super-Etonian veneer, sentiment overcomes even a Sitwell and enables him to communicate with...
This is a mystery story in the modern, Osbert-Sitwellian manner: besides the mystery it contains much acute and polished conversation on morals, literature, life; a complete satirical sketch of tourists shut up together on a liner; criticisms of art and nature; and what might almost serve as a guidebook to Granada, Spanish setting of the famed Moorish Alhambra...
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