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Pen Portraits-36

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(FRANCIS) SCOTT (KEY) FITZGERALD (American) (1896 – 1940)
Writer.
The American version of the myth of the Dying God flowered with the Jazz age he helped to create and then wilted in obscurity till his death. His books are light hearted adolescent day dreams brilliantly observed with increasingly tragic overtones. “It was fun when we all believed [...]

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The Fox-Spirit of the Tiger Caves

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(Wang and Lung are identical twins and they live in a village by name Sheng. On New Years eve they set out to Po-Yen, meaning thousand patience. Po-yen is situated in the Fuchin Jiang valley in the province of Chechiang.  This extract describes what happened to them in course of a day.)
Chapter-1
A Left Handed Fox- [...]

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Pen Portraits-35

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W.C. FIELDS (U.S.) (1879  -  1946)
Filmactor.
The comedy of W.C. Fields was – and remains the ultimate in screen misanthropy.
He genuinely disliked and distrusted most people – especially bankers. cops, wives, mothers in law, children, animals and negroes.
Throughout 42 films (of which only 32 are extant) he waged war on a world which he felt with [...]

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