February issue of "IL" opens the diaries of the classics of English literature of the 20th century Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) “Begins to keep a diary,” writes translator Alexander Livergant in the introductory article, “from the lower grades of the school, and leads it ... sometimes with significant interruptions almost until death. We also cite fragments from his “Diaries” before the outbreak of World War II. Probably, readers familiar with the mindset and syllable of Evelyn Vaughn will recognize the lion by claws and in runaway diary entries: "...the Welsh are so well-bred that the question: "This road to Llyanddulas?" - always answer in the affirmative"; or: "Lady N. a thick beard, a bald dog, a drunken husband and a pederast son ..." - familiar from artistic works and . The Tragicomic Bedlam . And some idle conversations, taken by the author on a pencil, make you once again wonder at the inexhaustible human frivolity: November 1, 1939: "They say: 'In the past war, the generals have learned a lesson, so there will be no mass slaughter.'"