Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder b

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Tells the story of Charles Ryder's infatuation with the Marchmains and the rapidly disappearing world of privilege they inhabit.

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Evelyn Waugh's masterpeice, Brideshead Revisted is an extraordinary mediation on a lost worldThe most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age before the Second World War. It tells the story of Charles Ryder's infatuation with the Marchmains and the rapidly-disappearing world of privilege they inhabit. Enchanted first by Sebastian at Oxford, then by his doomed Catholic family, in particular his remote sister, Julia, Charles comes finally to recognize only his spiritual and social distance from them.

Author Biography

Evelyn Waugh was born in Hampstead in 1903 and educated at Hertford College, Oxford. In 1928 he published his first novel, Decline and Fall, which was soon followed by Vile Bodies (1930), Black Mischief (1932), A Handful of Dust (1934) and Scoop (1938). During these years he also travelled extensively and converted to Catholicism. In 1939 Waugh was commissioned in the Royal Marines and later transferred to the Royal Horse Guards, experiences which informed his Sword of Honour trilogy (1952-61). His most famous novel, Brideshead Revisited (1945), was written while on leave from the army. Waugh died in 1966.

Review

"Waugh's most deeply felt novel . . . "Brideshead Revisited "tells an absorbing story in imaginative terms . . . Mr. Waugh is very definitely an artist, with something like a genius for precision and clarity not surpassed by any novelist writing in English in his time." -"New York Times" "A many-faceted book . . . Beautifully [written] by one of the most exhilarating stylists of our time." -"Newsweek" "First and last an enchanting story . . . "Brideshead Revisited" has a magic that is rare in current literature. It is a world in itself, and the reader lives in it and is loath to leave it when the last page is turned." -"Saturday Review" "Evelyn Waugh's most successful novel . . . A memorable work of art."-from the Introduction by Frank Kermode

Prizes

Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003Short-listed for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003

Details ISBN0141182482 Author Paula Byrne Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2000 ISBN-10 0141182482 ISBN-13 9780141182483 Format Paperback Subtitle The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.912 Birth 1903 Death 1966 Media Book Edition 1st Short Title BRIDESHEAD REVISITED Language English Residence US Series Penguin Modern Classics Imprint Penguin Classics Publication Date 2000-03-30 UK Release Date 2000-03-30 Audience General NZ Release Date 2000-06-21 AU Release Date 2000-06-21 Pages 480 Alternative 9780241585313 We've got this

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