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Jean de la Bruyere : 

Leonard Woolf to Lytton Strachey, 4 November 1906: 'I was reading La Bruyere today with the irritation against [John Maynard] Keynes [following letter from Strachey] at the back of my mind. He is in full the "sot" of La Bruyere for his chief characteristic -- with all his damned intelligence -- is that once you have seen him, he never surprises you'.

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Leonard Woolf      Print: Book

Jean de la Bruyere : 'Du Coeur'

Passages transcribed into E. M. Forster, Commonplace Book (1937) include reflections upon benefits of reading both devotional and 'gallant' books, and the heart's ability to '[reconcile contrary things]' [source ed's translation] from La Bruyere's essay 'Du Coeur'.

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Edward Morgan Forster      Print: Book

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