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Brideshead revisited : the sacred and profane memories of Captain Charles Ryder
by Waugh, Evelyn
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- Paperback
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- Cubierta deslucida. Good
- ISBN 10
- 0140008217
- ISBN 13
- 9780140008210
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Harmondsworth.: Penguin Books., 1988.. Paperback. Cubierta deslucida. Good. 18 cm. 331 pages. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. Penguin modern classics 821. Originally published, London: Chapman & Hall, 1945. Evelyn Waugh centenary edition. Penguin classics. Originally published by Chapman & Hall, 1945. Revised editionpublished by Chapman & Hall, 1960. Evelyn Waugh. [Brideshead revisited. 1960 ][Brideshead revisited. ]. Penguin twentieth-century classics. This ed. originally published: London: Chapman & Hall, 1960. originally published: London : Chapman & Hall, 1960 . Cubierta deslucida. ISBN: 9780140008210 Upper class families, England, Fiction., Domestic fiction., Upper class, Geschichte 1925-1935., 1918-1945, Belletristische Darstellung., 1900-1999 || Novelas representativas de costumbres y caracteres. Siglo XX. (82-311.2"19") [[82-3]]
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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- Title
- Brideshead revisited : the sacred and profane memories of Captain Charles Ryder
- Author
- Waugh, Evelyn
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Cubierta deslucida. Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0140008217
- ISBN 13
- 9780140008210
- Publisher
- Penguin Books.
- Place of Publication
- Harmondsworth.
- Date Published
- 1988.
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