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William Gerhardie

(1895–1977) Writer

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William Gerhardie was a writer.

Quick Facts About William Gerhardie

Born: November 21, 1895
Died: July 15, 1977
Profession: Writer

About William Gerhardie

[Wikidata] British writer (1895–1977)... | [Wikipedia] William Alexander Gerhardie OBE FRSL was an Anglo-Russian novelist and playwright. His first novel, Futility (1922), drew on his experiences of fighting the Bolsheviks in pre-revolutionary Russia.

Quotes by William Gerhardie

“Our life was an inept play with some disproportionately good acting in it.”

William Gerhardie

Life

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“But to dwell prematurely on the sadness of one’s death to others, Uncle Kostia, is like asking for money in advance. It’s…

William Gerhardie

Asking for money

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“If a book is worth reading at all, it is worth reading more than once. Suspense is the lowest of excitants, designed…

William Gerhardie

Appreciation

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We are like icebergs in the ocean: one-eighth part consciousness and the rest submerged beneath the surface of articulate apprehension.

William Gerhardie

Apprehension

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“No fiction is good fiction unless it is true to life, and yet no life is worth relating unless it be a…

William Gerhardie

Fiction

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There are as many fools at a university as anywhere? But their folly,I admit, has a certain stampthe stamp of university training,…

William Gerhardie

Certain

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