Quiggin, JG
Quiggin, JG a) episodes involving
a critic and publisher: QU 172
at Oxford:
Sillery's tea-party: QU 172-84; HSH 118
visit to NJ's rooms: QU 195-9
Mr Deacon's birthday party: BM 247-58
at the Ritz: AW 53-62
at the Templers':
sent for by Mona: AW 80-85
sidelined by Mrs Erdleigh: AW 86-96
effect of the planchette:
annoyance at offence to rationalism: AW 98-9, 123
excitement at the Marxist message: AW 100-3
anxiety at the message re St John Clarke: AW 104-7
rushed departure: AW 106-8
the Hunger March: AW 136-9, 173
NJ's visit to cottage on Thrubworth estate:
invitation issued in brief meeting in cinema queue: LM 100-2
at the cottage: LM 104-127
visit to Erridge at Thrubworth itself: LM 127-154; BDFR 82, 86
at Scarlet Pimpernel: KO 250-2
Erridge's funeral: BDFR 52-7, 62, 66-9, 71, 79-86, 91, 125
the "Fission" launch-party: BDFR 132-8, 148-9
in the Quiggin & Craggs office: BDFR 197-200
at the Russian Embassy lunch: TK 219, 225-8
the Donners Memorial Prize dinner: HSH 88-91, 97, 105-6
Quiggin, JG b) character and behaviour
described: QU 173-4; BM 250-2; AW 53, 56-7, 86, 137; BDFR 52, 196-7; HSH 38, 89
image of poverty and austerity:
cultivated:
introduced by Sillery: QU 172-3
lack of finesse: QU 173
accent: QU 174; AW 56; LM 101, 106, 116; CCR 28; VB 122
borrows books: QU 183-4, 196-7
lives "quietly": QU 198
clothes:
university shabbiness: QU 174; BM 250; AW 54; BDFR 13-14
leather-clad "man of the future": AW 53, 57, 68; BDFR 52
aggressive carelessness for taste: AW 86; LM 106; TK 140
Dostoievskian rebel: AW 137; LM 106
para-military Partisan: BDFR 13-14, 52, 114-5, 196
personal hygiene: QU 174; AW 54
meanness with money: AW 85; BDFR 62; TK 226-7
actually false:
sensed by NJ: QU 202-3
background explained: QU 203-4
interest in rich people: AW 83, 89, 123-4; LM 154
gradually shed:
in appearance: LM 101; BDFR 196-7
growth into the bon viveur: LM 101; TK 99, 140, 226
daughters at Stourwater School: TK 41
willingness to publish Tory memoirs: TK 144
ambition:
attempt to impress Truscott re Donners-Brebner: QU 179, 181, 183
desire to meet influential people: QU 202-3
ousting of Members as St John Clarke's secretary see "Relationships"
determination to succeed in publishing: BDFR 125
ruthlessness in pursuit of own interests:
ousting of:
Members as St John Clarke's secretary see "Relationships"
Templer as Mona's husband see "Relationships"
love of power for purposes of self-advancement: LM 133
"angry solitude of spirit":
in evidence: QU 175, 198-9, 202; BM 257
reminds NJ of Widmerpool: QU 199, BM 250
intolerance of others: AW 85; BDFR 62; TK 226-8
unease at beginning of parties: LM 126-7
attitude to authors and critics: BDFR 126, 135
growing irascibility: HSH 89-91, 105
idleness:
quickly sensed by NJ: QU 202-3
sent down from Oxford for: BM 249
non-appearance of "fragments of autobiography": BM 254-5; AW 55, 126-7; LM 104; BDFR 13
early work tends to be on "odd jobs": CCR 65
avoidance of commitment:
participation in War: BDFR 13, 115
political alignment: BDFR 41
vanity:
at St John C's opinion of his work: BM 255
as to whether Mona remembers him: AW 60-1, 83; BDFR 83
assumption of right to edit: BDFR 125-6
love of the killing punch-line: BDFR 135, 149
liking to be the bearer of the new: BDFR 138
charm:
habit of warming to the occasion: LM 126-7
treatment of Tolland girls: LM 138-41, 145-6
reaction to the planchette:
annoyance at offence to rationalism: AW 91, 96, 123
excitement at the Marxist message: AW 100-3
anxiety at the message concerning St John Clarke: AW 104
Quiggin, JG c) career
university:
contemporary of NJ: QU 171
scholarships:
awarded: QU 172
withdrawn: BM 249
at Brightman's college: BM 249
attends Brightman's lectures: QU 195
sent down: BM 249
secretary to St John Clarke see "Relationships"
work as a writer:
reviews:
considerable reputation:
growing: BM 248-50, 255
confirmed: AW 55, 66, 80, 120; LM 103-4, 202
abrasive style: AW 54-5
enjoyed by Lady Katherine: LM 209
for Mark Members' weekly: CCR 65, 133-4, 189
"Unburnt Boats":
long gestation: BM 254-5; AW 55, 126-7; BDFR 13
finished, possibly to finance life with Mona: AW 180-1, 183
remains unpublished: LM 104
well received on eventual publication: BDFR 125
abandonment of: BDFR 13, 125, 148-9
assistant in Mr Deacon's shop: BM 238
publishing:
Boggis and Stone:
literary adviser: AW 55, 125
wartime caretaker in Craggs' absence: BDFR 13
Quiggin & Craggs:
abandonment of writing for: BDFR 13, 125, 148-9
founding of: BDFR 13, 28, 41, 43, 52, 56, 68, 83-4, 86
philosophy of work: BDFR 124-6, 133, 148-9, 196-7; TK 15
personal involvement in particular controversies:
"Sweetskin": BDFR 143, 165-7, 179, 197, 199-200, 206
the Widmerpool parody: BDFR 197-200
"Sad Majors": BDFR 144, 179-80, 199-200, 206
"Garnered at Sunset": BDFR 223-4
and closing down of: BDFR 224, 253; and see Business Firms and Companies: Quiggin & Craggs
Clapham's:
director: BDFR 224
chairman of: TK 98; HSH 37-8, 47, 89
also mentioned: TK 138, 142, 144, 219, 226-7
irritation at failure to win Donners Memorial Prize: HSH 47, 88-9
Quiggin, JG d) relationships
St John Clarke:
post of secretary to:
competition with Members over:
roots of: BM 255
Mrs Erdleigh's prophecy concerning: AW 22
culminates in coup:
the fact: AW 56-60, 67, 120, 122, 176; LM 117; CCR 65, 75, 80, 217-8; BDFR 163
Members' story of: AW 129-34
continuation of: AW 83, 104, 106-7, 131
loses to Guggenbühl: AW 181-2; LM 126; CCR 217; BDFR 163; HSH 39
cause of retrospective embarrassment to Clarke: CCR 81, 92-3
otherwise mentioned: BDFR 52; HSH 38
politicisation of:
effects conversion to Marxism: AW 122, 126, 131, 133-4; LM 125; HSH 39
influences opinions on the arts: AW 129-30, 133
takes on hunger march: AW 136-9; CCR 80
disappointed with:
artistically, the shallowness of: CCR 75, 186
commercially, by dribbling sales of: HSH 37-8
obituary article for: CCR 185-6
annoyance at will of: CCR 189, 217, 220
disagreement with Ada over: HSH 37-8
and the TV programme concerning: HSH 38-40
Howard Craggs:
and politics of: BM 257; LM 111, 115, 120, 203; BDFR 57, 84
and Boggis & Stone: BM 257; AW 55, 125; LM 111
and Quiggin & Craggs:
co-founder of: BDFR 13, 28-9, 41, 52, 66-7
co-director of: BDFR 82, 88, 101, 124-5, 132-3, 139, 156, 168-9, 223; TK 142
differences of opinion with: BDFR 126, 152, 168-9, 180
"Unburnt Boats": BM 256-7; LM 111, 154
and the running of the war: KO 252
attends Erridge's funeral with: BDFR 52-7, 66-9, 71, 79-86, 91, 125
does not ask to wedding: BDFR 224
Erridge:
beneficiary of in:
tenancy of Thrubworth cottage: LM 105-6, 110-1, 117-8; CCR 129
the magazine:
as a vague proposition: LM 111, 121-3, 134, 203, 220; CCR 66
"Fission": BDFR 40-2, 68-9
attitude to:
jealous pride in aristocratic acquaintance: LM 110-1, 118-20, 149, 221; CCR 62
fond admiration of socialism: LM 110-1, 124, 154; CCR 65-6; BDFR 52, 76, 82-4
latent conflict with strong will: LM 117, 123, 132, 134-5, 140-2, 145-6, 151; BDFR 52
on elopement with Mona: LM 220-1; CCR 65-7; BDFR 56, 62
on Spanish Civil War: CCR 65-7, 93-4, 189-91
bitterness over St John Clarke: CCR 93-4, 189, 220
attends funeral of: BDFR 52-7, 62, 66-9, 71, 79-86, 91, 125
NJ:
initial acquaintance at Oxford: QU 173-4, 198, 202-3
continuing friendship with:
based on shared interests: LM 200
marked by patches of alienation: LM 100, 104
renewed strongly after war:
job with "Fission":
offered: BDFR 84, 86
contact in: BDFR 125, 133-4, 196-200, 253
affects life of through invitation to Thrubworth: BDFR 82
seen by as part of the Dance: AW 173
Ada Leintwardine:
growing influence of: BDFR 26, 28-9, 43, 124, 196-7, 199, 223-4
proposal by: BDFR 224
helpful criticism of: TK 98
marriage to:
wedding: BDFR 224; TK 98
relationship:
acceptance of fame: TK 98, 219, 226
as business partners: TK 98, 138, 225-7, 229-30; HSH 37-8
jealousy of in respect of Glober: TK 226-8
influence of in mode of life: TK 140; HSH 38
general references to: TK 99, 139, 150, 154
daughters Amanda and Belinda:
very like him: TK 98
irritation at antics of: HSH 37-8, 47, 88-91, 97, 105-6, 113-4
otherwise mentioned: TK 41, 136
Mark Members:
seen together by NJ:
as somehow linked:
inseparably: BM 247, 255-8; AW 53-4
inversely: CCR 65-6, 133-4
tension:
evident at Sillery's: QU 174, 176, 184
lingers in subsequent relationship: BM 251; AW 54; LM 180, 220-1; HSH 38, 40
emphasised in competiton over St John Clarke see below
friendship: BM 253, 256; LM 67, 126, 180; CCR 133-4; KO 250-2; BDFR 13, 135; HSH 38
closeness of background:
possible proximity of homes:
causes sensitivity: QU 176-7, 204
might be a fabrication by Sillery: BM 255-6; AW 54, 120; HSH 38
revealed as second-cousins: HSH 38
teased by over:
bourgeoisification: HSH 37, 114
troubles with the twins: HSH 38, 88-91, 113-4
and literary work of:
interest in: QU 196-7
respect for: AW 127
political backwardness of: AW 55, 92-3, 123
arranges job for at Boggis and Stone: AW 126
Lady Anne Stepney:
articles read by: KO 116
in Scarlet Pimpernel with: KO 250-2
living with: VB 153; BDFR 62
Mona Templer:
first sight of: BM 253-4
interest in:
immediately: BM 258; AW 60-1, 83
at the Ritz: AW 60-2
at home of: AW 83-4, 92-3, 95, 99-100
develops: AW 123-4
elopement with:
prophesied:
by the planchette: AW 102
by himself: AW 124
by Jean: AW 140-1, 143, 146
evident at the hunger march: AW 137-9
confirmed:
by Jean's phone-call: AW 146-7
by Templer: AW 178-9, 183
by Quiggin himself: AW 181
possible cause of rift with St John Clarke: AW 182
reflections on:
bizarre rumours: AW 179
NJ compares to
Vronsky: AW 179
Jean's postcard: AW 221
Pameal and Trapnel: BDFR 195
effect on relationship with NJ: LM 100, 104
possible marriage to:
predicted by Guggenbühl: AW 176
awaits Templer divorce: AW 182
doubt concerning: LM 129-30, 185, 204-5, 209
never undertaken: CCR 67
relationship with:
fear of: LM 134, 221
attempts to ingratiate: LM 108-10, 112-3, 125, 128, 131-2, 141, 209
offends jealousy of: LM 141, 146-7, 154; CCR 129
compared to that of Templer: LM 125
relief at ending: CCR 65; BDFR 83
loss of to Erridge: LM 203, 220-1; CCR 65-6; BDFR 56, 62
reflections by: BDFR 62
and other characters:
Bagshaw: BDFR 36, 40-1, 43, 68, 81, 83-4, 86, 101,119, 152, 165-6, 179, 199-200, 223-4
Brightman: BDFR 13
Evadne Clapham: HSH 89-90
Susan Cutts: LM 141; BDFR 86
Mr Deacon: BM 248-9
Mrs Erdleigh: AW 106-8
Canon Fenneau: HSH 118-9
Pamela Flitton: BDFR 84-6, 138
Guggenbühl: AW 176; CCR 217; HSH 39-40
Russell Gwinnett: TK 227; HSH 89
Isbister: HSH 40
Gypsy Jones: BM 248; BDFR 52, 54-6, 62, 66, 91, 224: BDFR 52-7, 62, 66-9, 71, 79-86, 91, 125
Alaric Kydd: BDFR 134-5, 143, 162, 165-7, 179, 197
Matilda: CCR 129
LO Salvidge: HSH 47
Sheldon: BDFR 84, 133-4, 148
Shernmaker: BDFR 84, 133-4, 148-9
Sillery: QU 175, 205-6; AW 120; BDFR 13-14, 26, 52; TK 99; HSH 38, 118
Odo Stevens:
NJ relates through working-class accents: VB 122
meets at "Fission" launch-party: BDFR 136, 138
and "Sad Majors": BDFR 144, 179-80, 200, 206
Stringham: QU 199
Templer: AW 66-8, 183
Tokenhouse: TK 154
X Trapnel: BDFR 123, 126, 142-3, 156, 162, 167-9, 206; TK 227; HSH 89
Truscott: QU 181-2, 199
Widmerpool:
attends Erridge's funeral with: BDFR 52-7, 66-9, 71, 79-86, 91
meets at "Fission" launch-party: BDFR 138
opinion of:
as progressive MP : BDFR 84, 142-3
in spy scandal: TK 228
resentment of interference by: BDFR 199; HSH 90-1
on Trapnel's parody of: BDFR 197-200
Quiggin, JG e) opinions
the Oxford ethos: QU 176
politics:
objection to:
private ownership: QU 182-3
public schools: QU 196
the aristocracy: LM 124, 151; CCR 133
religion: BDFR 55
the Abdication: CCR 133
communism:
materialist ideas:
in opposition to spiritualism: AW 90, 94-5, 96, 123
expressed in aesthetics: LM 109-10
contrast with Widmerpool: LM 109-10
dislike of Trotskyism: AW 181-2; HSH 39
defence of Stalinist purges: HSH 39
possible membership of Party: LM 104-5; BDFR 41
as activist:
Hunger March: AW 136-9
committees: LM 115, 120, 149; BDFR 57, 76
less than theory: LM 202-3; BDFR 41, 115, 152, 200
analysed by:
Bagshaw: BDFR 41, 152
Fenneau: HSH 118-9
interest in China: LM 135-6, 202-3
factions in the Spanish Civil War: CCR 190
on WW2:
opposition to Munich: KO 116
anger at the conduct of the war: KO 252
the Widmerpool question as McCarthyism: TK 228
the arts:
expresses contempt:
for "fine presses": BM 256-7
for Isbister: AW 86
advocates politicisation of: AW 55, 93, 123, 125-6
inconsistent advocacy of freedom in: LM 104, 120
expertise on left-wing poetry: LM 105
on the charm of criminals' memoirs: VB 66
the value of revues: BDFR 133
publishing: BDFR 148-9
parodies: BDFR 199
increasingly reactionary: HSH 37-8
individuals:
Bagshaw: BDFR 83-4
Howard Craggs: BM 257; LM 111, 120; KO 252; BDFR 84
Erridge: BDFR 83-4
Louis Glober: TK 226
Guggenbühl: LM 126
Jeff: BDFR 83
Alaric Kydd: BDFR 134-5
Members:
literary work of:
interest in: QU 196-7
respect for: AW 127
political backwardness of: AW 55, 92-3, 123; CCR 76
Odo Stevens: BDFR 200
Templer contempt for: AW 123-4; LM 108
Jimmy Stripling:
interest in wealth of: AW 89-93
disbelief at opinions of: AW 95, 122-3
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