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[[H.G. Wells]]' ''[[The Shape of Things to Come]]'', published in 1934, predicted a [[Second World War]] breaking out in 1940 and lasting until 1950. In this future scenario, Vevey is depicted as the venue of an international peace conference held in 1941, where various prominent diplomats and statesmen gather, deliver ''"brilliant pacifist speeches [which] echo throughout Europe"'', but fail to end the war.<ref>[http://www.telelib.com/words/authors/W/WellsHerbertGeorge/prose/thingstocome/thingstocome22.html ''The Shape of Things to Come'' references] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202336/http://www.telelib.com/words/authors/W/WellsHerbertGeorge/prose/thingstocome/thingstocome22.html |date=29 October 2013 }}, telelib.com; accessed 3 July 2014.</ref>
A small village church above Vevey is mentioned by [[John Ruskin]] in [[The Stones of Venice (book)|The Stones of Venice]], CHAPTER XI, The Arch Masonry, Page 169, diagram 5. Commenting on it, "It could hardly be stronger" <ref>https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/documents/ruskin/9-11StonesofVenice.pdf</ref>
== Prix Clara Haskil ==
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