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Alexander Woollcott

Born

in Colts Neck Township, New Jersey, The United States

January 19, 1887

Died

January 23, 1943

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Alexander Humphreys Woollcott (1887-1943) was an American drama critic and commentator for The New Yorker magazine, a member of the Algonquin Round Table, an occasional actor and playwright, and a prominent radio personality.

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Average rating: 4.11 · 2,321 ratings · 245 reviews · 140 distinct works

	Two Gentlemen and a Lady 3.72 avg rating — 74 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	While Rome Burns 3.68 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1934 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Long, Long Ago 3.75 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1943 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moonlight Sonata 3.56 avg rating — 25 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Letters of Alexander Woollcott 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1972 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Portable Woollcott by Alexander Woollcott, Joseph Hennessey (Editor), John Mason Brown (Introduction) 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1946 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Command is Forward: Tales of the A. E. F. battlefields as they appeared in The Stars and Stripes 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2008 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	As You Were: A Portable Library of American Prose and Poetry Assembled for Members of the Armed Forces and the Merchant Marine 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1943	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Woollcott’s Second Reader 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1937 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Woollcott Reader 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1935 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Nothing risque, nothing gained.”
― Alexander Woollcott

tags: wordplay

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“All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal or fattening”
― Alexander Woollcott

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“You haven't lived until you died in New York.”
― Alexander Woollcott

tags: new-york-city

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