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Envy has the ugliness of a trapped rat that has gnawed its own foot in its effort to escape.

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Angus Wilson
Age: 77 †
Born: 1913
Born: August 11
Died: 1991
Died: May 31
Librarian
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
Bexhill on Sea
Sir Angus Wilson
Sir Angus Frank Johnstone-Wilson
Ugliness
Rats
Trapped
Foot
Escape
Envy
Feet
Effort
Gnawed

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