"It may happen in the next hundred years that the English novelists of the present day will come to be valued as we now value the artists and craftsmen of the late eighteenth century."
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#OTD in 1957.
The largely autobiographical novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold by Evelyn Waugh was published. The novel reflects Waugh's own experiences with mental illness, particularly his bout with hallucinations and paranoia.