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Evelyn Waugh

Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966), whom Time called "one of the century's great masters of English prose," wrote several widely acclaimed novels as well as volumes of biography, memoir, travel writing, and journalism. Three of his novels, A Handful of Dust , Scoop , and Brideshead Revisited , were selected by the Modern Library as among the 100 best novels of the twentieth century.

Personality Profile For Evelyn Waugh

Evelyn Waugh

The following is a personality profile of Evelyn Waugh based on his work.

Evelyn Waugh is heartfelt and confident.

He is empathetic, he feels what others feel and is compassionate towards them. He is confident as well: he is hard to embarrass and is self-confident most of the time. But, Evelyn Waugh is also calm under pressure: he handles unexpected events calmly and effectively.

More than most people, his choices are driven by a desire for discovery.

He is also relatively unconcerned with tradition: he cares more about making his own path than following what others have done. Considers helping others to guide a large part of what he does: he thinks it is important to take care of the people around him.


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