Evelyn Waugh came to Wilson's defence and acknowledged the brilliance of the book's themes.伊夫林·沃站出来为威尔逊辩护，认为这部小说的主题非同凡响。The book quotes from the diaries of novelist Evelyn Waugh.该书中有些引语出自小说家伊夫琳·沃的日记。Oxford, as Evelyn Waugh astutely observed, is a city best seen in early summer.牛津城，正如伊夫林·沃的敏锐观察，初夏的时候最美。