Alec Waugh

The Loom of Youth Alec Waugh

"Thus began a friendship entirely different from any Gordon had known before. He did not know what his real sentiments were; he did not even attempt to analyse them. He only knew that when he was with Morcombe he was indescribably happy. There was something in him so natural, so unaffected, so sensitive to beauty." .......... Alex Waugh (8 July 1898 - 3 September 1981), son of Arthur Waugh and older brother of the Evelyn Waugh, was born in London and attended Sherborne School, a public school in Dorset. He wrote The Loom of Youth, published in 1917, based on his experiences there while he was seventeen and eighteen. His inspiration was Arnold Lunn's The Harrovians, published in 1913, which is discussed in the novel. The book was controversial due to its mentions of same-sex love between the boys of the school. Although the notoriety led to Waugh becoming the only former pupil to be expelled from The Old Shirburnian Society, the book also became a bestseller. ........... Watersgreen House is an independent international book publisher with editorial staff in the UK and USA. One of our aims at Watersgreen House is to showcase same-sex affection in works by important gay and bisexual authors in ways which were not possible at the time the books were originally published. We also publish nonfiction, including textbooks, as well as contemporary fiction that is literary, unusual, and provocative.