FAREWELL, MY LOVELY
BY E. B. WHITE
E. B. White ( 1899-1985) was a noted essayist,
journalist, and children’s author. His association with
the New Yorker magazine created some of the
twentieth century’s most memorable personal essays.
White’s gentle humor, clean style, and unwaveringly
balanced perspective made him a favorite voice of
mid-century America. He famously stated, “I arise in
the morning torn between a desire to improve the
world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it
hard to plan the day.”