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...this point Tonstant Weader fwowed up." She was never merely a lady wiseacre: she was a hard-working writer with serious literary aspirations. But she became one of those writers who are not so much read as heard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GUINEVERE OF THE ROUND TABLE | 6/16/1967 | See Source »

...that he could never escape. No matter how many adult plays and novels he wrote, he was forever the biographer of Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh. On starting one of his children's books. Critic Dorothy Parker once reported that on page five "Tonstant Weader fwowed up." Milne's other readers had an entirely different reaction-and they could be counted in the millions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A Man Who Hated Whimsy | 2/13/1956 | See Source »

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