Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn Waugh
Total Points
#155
- Pages
- 351
- Genres
- Historical Fiction England Religion
The wellsprings of desire and the impediments to love come brilliantly into focus in Evelyn Waugh's masterpiece-a novel that immerses us in the glittering and seductive world of English aristocracy in the waning days of the empire. Through the story of Charles Ryder's entanglement with the Flytes, a great Catholic family, Evelyn Waugh charts the passing of the privileged world he knew in his...
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This is one of the most amazing books I've read---love it, love Waugh!!!
Aug 27th, 2017
Love love love
Jul 19th, 2016
Well played, Mrs. Waugh.
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Mar 28th, 2013
you can but help love the pomp character of Sebastian. Set in such idle frivolous times of the rich and the hanger ons. What a glorious era.
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