Charm is the great English blight. It does not exist

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Charm is the great English blight. It does not exist outside these damp islands. It spots and kills anything it touches. It kills love, it kills art. (Brideshead Revisited) - Evelyn Waugh

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English novelist, 1903-66

Born:28th October, 1903
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Starsign: Scorpio

Author Keywords: Novelist, English

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