tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post4640223959227689390..comments2024-03-13T07:34:24.149+00:00Comments on The Age of Uncertainty: Warwick DeepingSteerforthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-47518092856510585032018-04-02T16:29:30.577+00:002018-04-02T16:29:30.577+00:00He's mentioned in Brighton Rock, one of the fa...He's mentioned in Brighton Rock, one of the favourite authors of either Ida or the murdered man. We're supposed to take it as an indicator of lowbrow taste.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-14913203008542569292013-01-11T08:23:48.951+00:002013-01-11T08:23:48.951+00:00Ha! Another hypocritical Blair.Ha! Another hypocritical Blair.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-21986290993416411442013-01-11T01:58:21.777+00:002013-01-11T01:58:21.777+00:00'In reality there is no kind of evidence or ar...'In reality there is no kind of evidence or argument by which one can show that Shakespeare, or any other writer, is "good". Nor is there any way of definitely proving that - for instance - Warwick Beeping is "bad".'<br /><br />- George motherf*cking Orwell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-15667384833706107972012-12-20T17:53:20.879+00:002012-12-20T17:53:20.879+00:00Many of Warwick Deeping's books are like old f...Many of Warwick Deeping's books are like old friends and I love re-visiting them years after the initial reading. I hate to think what WD would make of today's cultures of The Car, Overpaid Footballers, Alcohol and Drugs. Some of his descriptions of country scenes are like paintings.Ward Etchellsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-6320762472663158442011-06-12T23:27:04.332+00:002011-06-12T23:27:04.332+00:00Hi - I've got quite a few of his books, I live...Hi - I've got quite a few of his books, I live in the house where he lived for many years up until his death, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warwick_Deeping <br /><br />I am the custodian of his writing desk and his typewriter! Anyway, thought I would let you know....Karen Darbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-30819907965811635842011-05-22T19:08:47.608+00:002011-05-22T19:08:47.608+00:00Came across WD in the 1980s when clearing out the ...Came across WD in the 1980s when clearing out the bookshelves of an elderly relative . Ok, so he didn't write deathless prose a la Dickens et al but I found his books, though old-fashioned, to be pleasant quiet reading and on occasions quite thoughtful in their material. (Read "My Gurney and Mr Slade" which centred on pacifism in the Great War). He is not by any means great intellectual sustinence but very welcome when you have a bad cold and need a cuddly blanket and some hot honey and lemon.<br /><br />Too much snobbery around in the boo-ish community.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-36491736640104753872010-07-28T01:46:45.219+00:002010-07-28T01:46:45.219+00:00Es absolutamente maravilloso... Adore su libro. Oj...Es absolutamente maravilloso... Adore su libro. Ojala sea posible conseguir otros y seguir leyendolo. Gracias por el post... hermoso.<br />(It's really wonderful. I love his book. I hope to get other books...Thank for the post... beatiful)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14578828209102305533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-36709061730879493362009-08-02T18:04:00.626+00:002009-08-02T18:04:00.626+00:00I really like Warwick Deeping. I've just been ...I really like Warwick Deeping. I've just been reading my first book by him: Paradise Place. I thought his swearing quite shocking as it was published in 1947. <br /><br />Anyway I have been gripped by this book. I'm looking forward to reading more of his books now!<br /><br />I also like books by D K Broster also published around this time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17949796806494027080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-43782790442919204622009-05-17T18:14:00.000+00:002009-05-17T18:14:00.000+00:00Read Deeping's Malice of Men, Ropers Row, Slade, o...Read Deeping's Malice of Men, Ropers Row, Slade, or Corn in Egypt and see if you still have the same opinion.I do not accept the Terms of Servicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12096168171179698845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-35793985704718940662008-06-22T11:03:00.000+00:002008-06-22T11:03:00.000+00:00Hello, I found your interesting blog through someo...Hello, I found your interesting blog through someone else's. Like you, I have only read one book by Warwick Deeping (see<BR/>http://callmemadam.livejournal.com/tag/<BR/>dornford+yates) and it will be my last.<BR/>That lovely bookplate looks very like the work of Margaret Horder, who did a lot of book illustrations and dustwrappers at that time.callmemadamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711070764040041338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-85980616049481476542008-06-17T07:42:00.000+00:002008-06-17T07:42:00.000+00:00I wonder which contemporary authors will enjoy the...I wonder which contemporary authors will enjoy the same fate in 30 years time?Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-32783093213416427022008-06-17T00:57:00.001+00:002008-06-17T00:57:00.001+00:00But there's more! Re Ethel M Dell, Wikipedia says:...But there's more! Re Ethel M Dell, Wikipedia says: "P. G. Wodehouse burlesqued her in several of his stories as the recurring character Rosie M. Banks. Wodehouse's main character Bertie Wooster refers to Rosie as a writer of "the world's worst tripe"; his valet Jeeves concurs and opines that he somehow prefers the Russian novelists."<BR/><BR/>So there you go.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-38614482047443577492008-06-17T00:57:00.000+00:002008-06-17T00:57:00.000+00:00I just wrote a clever little comment about how Eth...I just wrote a clever little comment about how Ethel M Dell wrote 'The Sheik' and other such Virago-reprinted arabesque bodice-rippers. Then I realised I was wrong and that was Ethel HULL. Bugger. Ethel M Dell wrote a similar sort of thing called 'Way of the Eagle', I think--Orwell has a lot more nasty things to say about her in 'Keep the Aspidistra Flying'.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-34507414055905874372008-06-16T07:43:00.000+00:002008-06-16T07:43:00.000+00:00Yes, I don't think a revival's on the cards. If th...Yes, I don't think a revival's on the cards. <BR/><BR/>If the passage I quoted is typical Deeping, then his popularity is inexplicable!Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-86095435871627256402008-06-16T07:29:00.000+00:002008-06-16T07:29:00.000+00:00The first time I heard of Deeping was in Martin Am...The first time I heard of Deeping was in Martin Amis's novel <EM>The Information</EM>, where the central character is an unsuccessful novelist who has to earn his crust, and waste his time, by writing very short reviews of huge biographies of forgotten authors: Warwick Deeping was one. At the time I wasn't even sure it was a real name, but may have been invented by Amis for its jokey sound. As a result, any time I've heard of Deeping since, I'm already viewing him in a comic light; I'm pretty sure I could never take one his novels seriously as a result.John Selfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761816149593541133noreply@blogger.com