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Sneaking admiration for the caddish epitome of literary villains

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From: The Scotsman
Date: 20020427
Author:ALBERT MORRIS

I HAVE for long had a sneaking sympathy, fur-tive affection and covert admiration for literary villains. From out of the cultural closet, I can claim that Soames Forsyte, solicitor, man of property, epitome of upper middle-class Edwardian England and art connoisseur, is a good egg, if a little cracked, for marrying Irene, portrayed on ITV's Forsyte Saga by Gina McKee whose features suggest an Aintree favourite peering over a paddock fence. Emotionally, she is like an unmelting splinter of the Antarctic ice-cap.

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