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A lousy proposition

Evelyn Waugh turns on the charm

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Shaun Usher
Mar 20, 2024
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As today is National Proposal Day, I’ve decided to send you a typically entertaining letter from Evelyn Waugh to his future wife, Laura, in which he proposes marriage. It can be found in Letters of Note: Love. The reading by Toby Jones is from the audiobook of the same name.

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