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Bernard Bergonzi
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“As Wells insists, many of Verne's inventions have materialized since his time. travel is a commonplace, and the circumnavigation of the moon is more than a possibility. Well's imaginings, however, remain as unattainable now as when he wrote: no one has yet contrived to travel through time, or ; we are still unable to , nor can we .”
Bernard Bergonzi (1929–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The s whom we admire to-day do not appear to love their s, and the s who appraise their books show no signs of doing so either. For a writer or critic to show delight in a character would would seem to-day rather naïve, an old-fashioned response left over from the days of Dickens and Surtees. Characters, it seems, are no longer objects of affection.”
Bernard Bergonzi (1929–2016) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (249 pages; 1st edition 1970)
“Arnold Rattenbury was too young to be very active in the , but in the early he was friendly with several older Communist writers who had been. ... Although I make limiting judgements on Auden in the following pages, his centrality in the seems to me unmistakable. Unlike other hostile critics of 'orthodoxy', Mr Rattenbury does give a hostage to fortune by proposing an alternative.”
Bernard Bergonzi (1929–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source