Ch. V, p. 141
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I am sick of the governessy attitude of our age, which is coming to be more genuinely presumptuous, nosier and more busybody than the Victorian.
— Elizabeth Bowen
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Source: Wikiquote: "Elizabeth Bowen" (Quotes, A Time in Rome (1960): London: Longmans, 1960)
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About Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen (June 7 1899 – February 22 1973) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer.
About Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen (June 7 1899 – February 22 1973) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer.
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