Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The term “sour grapes” is often used in reference to an instance in which someone adopts an attitude to something because they can’t equal it themselves. That was certainly the case when a 20th century critic wrote a derogatory article in the New York Magazine, stating:
“Who cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?”—Edmund Wilson
He added: “Wasteful of time and degrading to the intellect.”
We learn that Wils...
The term “sour grapes” is often used in reference to an instance in which someone adopts an attitude to something because they can’t equal it themselves. That was certainly the case when a 20th century critic wrote a derogatory article in the New York Magazine, stating:
“Who cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?”—Edmund Wilson
He added: “Wasteful of time and degrading to the intellect.”
We learn that Wils...
