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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Significance. Of the many moods subtly fused into this book, the predominant mood is one of satire. Too wise to bear any rancor, too polite to make her rudeness obvious, Author Warner ever so softly annihilates Christian idiocies. Her weapons are neither rapiers nor bludgeons. They are satin sofa-pillows which she tosses laughingly but with accuracy. Breaking when they land, her missiles leave the recipient white and ridiculous with feathers. In prose as easygoing, as smooth and level as a buzzard's flight, she matches her astute intelligence with a fancy as varied as it is engaging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Maggot | 6/20/1927 | See Source »

...widely popular novel. Yet she had the distinction of being the first choice of the Book of the Month Club in the U. S. This new novel, as poetic in its wisdom as the first, was lately chosen by the Literary Guild of America. Of Sylvia Townsend Warner herself very little is allowed to be known. She lives "alone in a house, with a big, black dog." She studies Tudor music, Roman ruins, believes in witches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Maggot | 6/20/1927 | See Source »

...FORTUNE'S MAGGOT- Sylvia Townsend Warner - Viking Press...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Maggot | 6/20/1927 | See Source »

Other features of the program are "The Unknown Cavalier" with Ken Maynard, "The Telephone Girl," starring Madge Bellamy and Warner Baxter, as well as a comedy and the usual newsreels...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TO SHOW SCREEN TESTS AT CENTRAL SQUARE THEATRE | 6/14/1927 | See Source »

...Donaghy. Stolen bases, Donaghy, Zarakov, Lord. Bases on balls, off Barbee 1, off Sanford 5. Sacrifice hits, Armstrong 2, Burns. Struck out, by Barbee 7, by Sanford 7. Hit by pitched ball, by Sanford (Ullman). Left on bases, Pennsylvania 3, Harvard 7, Wild pitches, Barbee, Sanford. Umpires, Baltzel and Warner. Time of game, 2 hours, 38 minutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON INVADERS LOSE TO QUAKER NINE | 6/13/1927 | See Source »

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