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Firbank (Arthur Annesley) Ronald. 1886--1926, English novelist, whose works include Valmouth (1919), The Flower beneath the Foot (1923), and Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli (1926) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But it was his mother's side of the family that had the greater influence on him, especially Ada, who was difficult and yet always so alive to the world, even as she grew older (after the death of her friend Wilde, a generation of younger men - Harold Acton, Osbert Sitwell, Ronald Firbank - sought her out, seeing her as a fascinating survivor of the faded Yellow Book past). It is only recently that he has come once more to be recognised as a writer of the stature of Saki or Firbank, minor certainly but no less certainly a cherishable joy. the novels of Ronald Firbank, Noel Coward's plays, the drawings of Aubrey Beardsley, the films of Derek Jarman and John Waters. |
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