Decline And Fall; Black Mischief; A Handful Of Dust; Scoop; Put Out More Flags; Brideshead Revisited
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact, no loose pages.
This complete and unabridged anthology gathers six of Evelyn Waugh's most celebrated novels into a single definitive volume, showcasing the full range of one of the twentieth century's greatest British satirists. Decline and Fall chronicles the misadventures of hapless Paul Pennyfeather as he is expelled from Oxford and thrust into a chaotic world of eccentric schoolmasters and Welsh criminals, while Black Mischief and Scoop deliver Waugh's razor-sharp wit against the backdrop of imperial Africa and the absurdities of foreign correspondence. A Handful of Dust presents a bleaker, more poignant portrait of a crumbling English aristocracy and a marriage dissolving into tragedy. Put Out More Flags captures the comic pandemonium of wartime Britain through the irrepressible rogue Basil Seal, and Brideshead Revisited — arguably Waugh's masterpiece — offers a deeply lyrical and elegiac meditation on faith, memory, and the fading grandeur of English Catholic aristocracy. Together, these six works form an unparalleled survey of English society between the wars, rendered with Waugh's signature blend of biting comedy and profound melancholy.
Author: Evelyn Waugh
Format: Hardback
Published: 1977, Heinemann/Octopus
Genre: Anthology
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact, no loose pages.
This complete and unabridged anthology gathers six of Evelyn Waugh's most celebrated novels into a single definitive volume, showcasing the full range of one of the twentieth century's greatest British satirists. Decline and Fall chronicles the misadventures of hapless Paul Pennyfeather as he is expelled from Oxford and thrust into a chaotic world of eccentric schoolmasters and Welsh criminals, while Black Mischief and Scoop deliver Waugh's razor-sharp wit against the backdrop of imperial Africa and the absurdities of foreign correspondence. A Handful of Dust presents a bleaker, more poignant portrait of a crumbling English aristocracy and a marriage dissolving into tragedy. Put Out More Flags captures the comic pandemonium of wartime Britain through the irrepressible rogue Basil Seal, and Brideshead Revisited — arguably Waugh's masterpiece — offers a deeply lyrical and elegiac meditation on faith, memory, and the fading grandeur of English Catholic aristocracy. Together, these six works form an unparalleled survey of English society between the wars, rendered with Waugh's signature blend of biting comedy and profound melancholy.