Autograph Manuscript, signed, of Article "Awake, my soul! It is a lord".

Waugh, Evelyn.

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About 1200 words. This is Evelyn Waugh's manuscript draft, signed by him, of an amusing satirical article, originally written by Waugh for Punch but rejected by its editor Malcolm Muggeridge as libellous, and then published in the Spectator (8 July 1955). After publication of the article several letters from the parties involved and their friends appeared in the Spectator. Waugh ridicules Lord Noel-Buxton over an uninvited and unwelcome visit which the noble Lord had rashly made to Waugh's home in the company of Nancy Spain, "the leading literary critic of the Beaverbrook press". The full story can be found online. The manuscript draft differs in numerous details from the article as published - most of the changes are small but Waugh's closing paragraphs with his taxonomy of lords (".lords haughty, who think that commoners all seek their acquaintance and must be kept at a distance; lords affable, who like mixing with their fellow-men of all degrees and know the conventions of good society by which introductions are effected; lords lavish and leisurely and dead-broke lords eager to earn an honest living" - in the published version) are substantially different in the draft. Neatly written with a few corrections, marks on the verso of the first leaf, one or two very minor nicks, otherwise Very Good. Waugh manuscripts are uncommon in the market. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-08949

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