The best is the best, though a hundred judges have declared it so.
Arthur Quiller-Couch Quotes
Literature is not an abstract science, to which exact definitions can be applied. It is an Art rather, the success of which depends on personal persuasiveness, on the author’s skill to give as on ours to receive.
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| Birth: | 21st November, 1863 |
| Death: | 12th May, 1944 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Writer |
About
Arthur Thomas Quiller Couch was a British writer who published under the pen name of Q. He is primarily remembered for the monumental Oxford Book Of English Verse 1250–1900, and for his literary criticism. He guided the taste of many who never met him, including American writer Helene Hanff, author of 84, Charing Cross Road and its sequel, Q's Legacy; and the fictional Horace Rumpole, via John Mortimer, his literary amanuensis.
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