Brideshead Revisited (The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder) was authored by Evelyn Waugh. It was first published during 1945 and was published again during 1982 by Back Bay Books. This novel delves into the life of Charles...
Decline and Fall was first published in 1928 and is Evelyn Waugh's first published book. It follows a young, former college student called Paul Pennyfeather, who was expelled from Oxford for obscene behavior. After this, Pennyfeather is offered...
A Handful of Dust is a book written by Evelyn Waugh in 193. The story mainly revolves around Tony Last, who is a gentleman that lives in his ancestral home, Hetton Abbey. He is married to his wife Brenda and has a son called John. However, his...
British author Evelyn Waugh is far better known for his stories about classically British people in classically British settings like Brideshead Revisited. In fact, were it not for Brideshead Revisited, Waugh would likely never have written The...
It's very likely that few people today who are not serious literary scholars have ever heard of Vile Bodies, Evelyn Waugh's excellent satirical novel mocking the rich and decadent society of London after World War I (published in 1930). However,...