The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age before the Second World War.
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.
“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
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