Other Fiction Coke, Desmond: Helena Brett's Career. v1. 7 Oct 2016

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Desmond Coke: Born : 1879 Jul 5 Lived : Worthing, Sussex, England (final): Died : 1931 Apr 27
Worthing, Sussex, England

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In these thin-skinned days when the words libel and traitor drift on every breeze, it may be “ wise”(I am told at the last), to make it plain that my Author, Publisher, and Artist do not represent real people! So be it, then: the men, as also women, in this unromantic comedy of married life are all imagined; but in declaring them not to be individuals, I would not be thought to admit that they are nonexistent ... or universal. Such men have been and will be—self-centred authors, unscrupulous publishers, vulgar-minded artists— nor does a paragon make the best food for Action: but there are also Others. Logic still permits one to avoid Libel without confessing Treachery, and I am little likely to “attack” my own profession or two others from which I draw some of my nearest friends. We are told that there are black sheep in every fold; but it is still possible that a few among the others may be white. It pleases some of us to think so.

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