A Handful of Dust[?] by Evelyn Waugh is published. In 2001, the book would be the first of three works by him named as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.
... (Rome, 1674), Hebrew (Frankfort,
1837), and other languages. Corneille produced
a poetical paraphrase in French in 1651.
The "Imitation of Christ" derives its ...