Pritchett
Sir V(ictor) S(awdon) [sawd-n], /ˈsɔd n/, 1900–97, English literary critic, journalist, novelist, and short-story writer.
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Your influences include William Trevor, Tolstoy, Turgenev, Dickens, Graham Greene, V.S. Pritchett, and Elizabeth Bowen.
Yiyun Li Takes on Evil in “Kinder Than Solitude” | Jane Ciabattari | February 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJulie Bowen already has won two Emmys for her performance as hilariously frazzled mom Claire Pritchett on Modern Family.
Emmys 2013: Julie Bowen’s Favorite ‘Modern Family’ Moments (VIDEO) | Julie Bowen | September 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTA short-story writer (his “The Evils of Spain” could be read along with this book), Pritchett was a master of compression.
Book Bag: Paul Theroux’s Favorite Inner-Journey Travel Books | Paul Theroux | May 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThere is no doubt that Gloria Pritchett is singular among TV characters, and Vergara is capitalizing on that.
If you will ask Pritchett too, you will find that your father is not the best correspondent in the world.
The Bertrams | Anthony Trollope
Mr. Pritchett told him that his brother was better—considerably better.
The Bertrams | Anthony TrollopeMr. Pritchett had a somewhat melancholy way of speaking of everything.
The Bertrams | Anthony TrollopeI'm sure, Mr. Pritchett, I'm very much obliged for the trouble you are at in telling me.
The Bertrams | Anthony TrollopeMost of the views given in this work are from sketches made on the spot by Mr. Pritchett, with Mr. Darwin's book by his side.
A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World | Charles Darwin
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/ (ˈprɪtʃɪt) /
Sir V (ictor) S (awdon). 1900–97, British short-story writer, novelist, essayist, and autobiographer; his works include Mr Beluncle (1951) and A Careless Widow (1989)
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