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...fellow and his close friend at school, is now under virtual house arrest as an alcoholic by his sister's former governess. Widmer-pool, a great comic creation who represents Business in Powell's mind, has soared to the skirts of Mrs. Simpson's "set." The Tolland family, whose head is Lord Warminster, illustrates the vast confusion of the British ruling class at the time. ("I haven't been in Spain for years," says Lady Warminster. "I liked the women better than the men. Of course they all have, English nannies.") Depression, the approach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Between Proust & Waugh | 9/26/1960 | See Source »

...Music of Time? It may confidently be predicted that deaths in the cast of characters will be more frequent. They are getting no younger, and besides, they cannot all come through the war with a whole skin. Will we learn anything about Nick's marriage to Isobel Tolland except that she had a miscarriage? How will "Chips" Lovell get on with Priscilla Tolland? The addicted reader can hardly wait. Meanwhile it would seem to be a safe bet that Narrator Nick Jenkins will be commissioned, like Author Powell, in a posh regiment (Powell was an officer, first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Between Proust & Waugh | 9/26/1960 | See Source »

...their event they call the competition "very rough." Entering officially for the Union Boat Club down-river from Weld Boathouse, they say the "outfit to beat" will come from the Vesper Boat Club of Philadelphia. This shell will be manned by Owen J. Tolland and William Knecht, one an Olympic and one a previous national champion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nationals Beckon Three Hopefuls | 7/19/1951 | See Source »

...Ellis The Prince of the Marshes J. J. Collier '23 Manus, King of Sorcha, W. B. Leach '22 Fintan, the Astrologer, B. Boyce '22 Taig, P. Wardner '24 Sibby, Taig's Mother, Miss Gatlin Gatekeeper, F. C. d'Elseaux Unc Two Aunts of the Prince of the Marshes, Miss Tolland and Miss McCormick The Dragon, J. M. Brown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pick Dramatic Club Cast | 11/18/1920 | See Source »

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