Brideshead Revisited
The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
$29.75
- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
14 November 2016
Summary
A beautiful clothbound edition of Waugh’s great novel of the lost golden age before the Second World War.
The 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 Marchmain family and the rapidly disappearing world of privilege they inhabit. Enchanted first by Sebastian at Oxford then by his doomed Catholic family, in particular his remo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241284629 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241284627 |
| Author: | Evelyn Waugh |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 14 November 2016 |
| Weight: | 450g |
| Dimensions: | 205mm x 138mm x 30mm |
| Series: | Penguin Clothbound Classics |
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Critics 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
About The Author
Evelyn Waugh
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.
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