20th Century Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred And Profane Memories Of Captain Charles Ryder - Softcover

Waugh, Evelyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140182411 ISBN 13: 9780140182415

Publisher: Penguin Classic, 1990

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Review:

A departure from Evelyn Waugh's normally comic theater, Brideshead Revisited concerns the tale of Charles Ryder, a captain in the British Army in post-World War I England. Unlike Waugh's previous narrators, Ryder is an intelligent man, looking back on much of his life from his current post in Oxford. He strikes a special friendship with Lord Sebastian Flyte as the setting moves to the Brideshead estate and a baroque castle that recalls England's prior standing in the world. Ryder falls for Flyte's sister while families, politics and religions collide. What makes the book extraordinary is Waugh's sharp, vivid style and his use of dialect and minor characters. This is one of Waugh's finest accomplishments and a superb book.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classic
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0140182411
• ISBN 13: 9780140182415
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336