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Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred And Profane Memories Of Captain Charles Ryder
by Waugh, Evelyn
- New
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 1788881168
- ISBN 13
- 9781788881166
- Seller
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About This Item
Arcturus, 2018. Trade Paperback. New. New, May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. 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 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
Synopsis
Author Evelyn Waugh wrote Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder during the handful of months following a minor parachute accident. Loosely based on Waugh’s own experiences as a student at Oxford University, the novel tells the story of Charles Ryder, a young man at Oxford who is captivated by an eccentric classmate named Sebastian Flyte and his very wealthy, Catholic family. The first half of the book is filled with teachings of beauty, booze, and witty conversation; in the second half, every one grows up and things all apart. Told in flashbacks from the days of WWII, Waugh charts the passing of the privileged world he knew in his own youth and vividly recalls the sensuous pleasures that wartime austerities denied him. While many critics believe that Waugh’s intention was to present Catholicism positively and reflect his own reasons for converting to it, many interpret the novel in the opposite light, believing that religion actually brings about the ruin of every character in the story. Brideshead Revisited is ranked 45th on BBC’s “The Big Read” survey and 80th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century. It is also included in TIME’s “100 Best Novels” (since 1923) as well as Newsweek’s list of the 100 best books of world literature.
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- Bookseller
- Alright Bookstore
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005316
- Title
- Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred And Profane Memories Of Captain Charles Ryder
- Author
- Waugh, Evelyn
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1788881168
- ISBN 13
- 9781788881166
- Publisher
- Arcturus
- Date Published
- 2018
- Pages
- 309
- Keywords
- Classic, Fiction Books, Good Reads, Suspense, Teen Lit, Realistic Fiction, Adventure, Novel, Mystery Thriller, Vintage Fiction, Vintage Novel, Historical Fiction, American, Classics
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- X weight
- 600 g
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