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Peter Quennell • 51 Items / 31 Books, 14 Articles, 6 Reviews
The Singular Preference (1953)
by Peter Quennell
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  1. [+]
    Literary Portraits and Essays (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Singular Preference, by Peter Quennell
    1. The Singular Preference by Peter Quennell
    Commonweal, February 27, 1953, p. 530
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    Biographical Criticism (Review)
    Willard Thorp
    The Singular Preference, by Peter Quennell
    1. The Singular Preference by Peter Quennell
    The New Republic, April 13, 1953, p. 20
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    Orbits of Style (Review)
    Bergen Evans
    The Singular Preference, by Peter Quennell
    1. The Singular Preference by Peter Quennell
    The Saturday Review, February 28, 1953, p. 18
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    New Books in Brief (5 Reviews)
    The Fabulous Fanny, by Norman Katkov
    1. The Fabulous Fanny by Norman Katkov
    2. The Man from Main Street: A Sinclair Lewis Reader by Harry E. Maule, Melville H. Cane, and Philip Allan Friedman, ...
    3. Economic Stability in a Changing World by John Henry Williams
    4. The Singular Preference by Peter Quennell
    5. The Waiters by William Fisher
    The Nation, March 7, 1953, p. 211
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    Atlantic Bookshelf (7 Reviews)
    Charles J. Rolo
    Reader's Choice
    1. Five Gentlemen of Japan by Frank Gibney
    2. Prince of Players: Edwin Booth by Eleanor Ruggles
    3. The Singular Preference by Peter Quennell
    4. Such, Such Were the Joys, and Other Essays by George Orwell
    5. The Little Emperors by Alfred Duggan
    6. A Brighter Sun by Samuel Selvon
    7. Prince Bart by Jay Richard Kennedy
    The Atlantic Monthly, March 1953, pp. 80-83
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    New Books (20 Reviews)
    Gilbert Highet
    African Sculpture Speaks, by Ladislas Segy
    1. African Sculpture Speaks by Ladislas Segy
    2. African Folktales and Sculpture by Paul Radin, Elinore Marvel, and James Johnson Sweeney, ...
    3. The Italian Painters of the Renaissance by Bernard Berenson
    4. The Letters of Samuel Johnson by R.W. Chapman and Samuel Johnson
    5. The Best Butter by Jean Dutourd
    6. The Stones of the House by Theodore Morrison
    7. Half a Dollar Is Better Than None by Nicholas Diminno
    8. Neely by Walter Karig
    9. When the Gods Are Silent by Mikhail Soloviev
    10. Empress of Byzantium by Helen A. Mahler
    11. Movable Feasts by Arnold Palmer
    12. Illustrated English Social History by G.M. Trevelyan
    13. Acton's Political Philosophy by George E. Fasnacht
    14. Lord Acton: A Study in Conscience and Politics by Gertrude Himmelfarb
    15. Prince of Players: Edwin Booth by Eleanor Ruggles
    16. The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    17. Spring in Spain by MacKinley Helm
    18. Rome and a Villa by Eleanor Clark
    19. The Singular Preference by Peter Quennell
    20. Jan at the Blue Fox by Ronald F.H. Duncan
    The Harpers Monthly, March 1953, pp. 99-105