Evelyn Waugh — Readings Books

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Vile Bodies: Popular Penguins

Evelyn Waugh

In the years following the First World War a new generation emerges, wistful and vulnerable beneath the glitter. The Bright Young Things of twenties Mayfair, with their paradoxical mix of…

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The Sword of Honour Trilogy

Evelyn Waugh

This is a trilogy of novels about World War II, based on the author’s own experiences as an army officer. The focus of the action is Guy Crouchback, head of…

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When the Going Was Good

Evelyn Waugh

Between 1929 and 1935 the author travelled widely and wrote about his experiences. This title discusses a cruise around the Mediterranean; a train trip from Djibouti to Abyssinia to attend…

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A Little Learning: The First Volume of an Autobiography

Evelyn Waugh

The author’s childhood was warm, bright and serene. The Hampstead and Lancing schooldays which followed were sometimes agreeable, but often not. His life at Oxford - which he evokes in…

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The Complete Short Stories

Evelyn Waugh

A collection of short stories composed between 1910-62. It includes Mr Loveday’s Little Outing ; Cruise ; A House of Gentlefolks ; and, The Sympathetic Passenger .

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Waugh in Abyssinia

Evelyn Waugh

In 1935 Italy declared war on Abyssinia and Evelyn Waugh was sent to Addis Ababa to cover the conflict. This title captures the dilemmas and complexities of a feudal society…

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A Little Order: Selected Journalism

Evelyn Waugh

Explores the author’s Oxford youth, his unexpected conversion, his literary enthusiasms (from P G Wodehouse to Graham Greene) and the perils of basing fictional characters on real people.

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Vile Bodies

Evelyn Waugh

Evelyn Waugh's brilliant skewering of the Roaring Twenties

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Scoop

Evelyn Waugh

One of Waugh’s most exuberant comedies, Scoop is a brilliantly irreverent satire of Fleet Street.

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Brideshead Revisited

Evelyn Waugh

In 1925 Charles is quickly seduced by his friend’s opulent and glamorous world and thrilled by an invitation to ‘Brideshead’, the Marchmain’s magnificent ancestral home.

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Put Out More Flags

Evelyn Waugh

What happened to the characters of Decline and Fall and Vile Bodies when the war broke out? This title shows them adjusting to the changing social pattern of the times.

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Remote People

Evelyn Waugh

Begins with an account of the coronation of Emperor Ras Tafari - Haile Selassie I, King of Kings - an event covered by Evelyn Waugh in 1930 as special correspondent…

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Men at Arms

Evelyn Waugh

Guy Crouchback, determined to get into the war, takes a commission in the Royal Corps of Halberdiers. His spirits high, he sees all the trimmings but none of the action…

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Black Mischief

Evelyn Waugh

When Oxford-educated Emperor Seth succeeds to the throne of the African state of Azania, he has a tough job on his hands. His subjects are ill-informed and unruly, and corruption…

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Ninety-Two Days: Travels in Guiana and Brazil

Evelyn Waugh

The great author’s account of the journey that gave birth to his novel A Handful of Dust makes gripping and often hilarious reading: he travels through Guyana and northern Brazil…

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Sword of Honour

Evelyn Waugh

Guy Crouchback, a Catholic and a gentleman is commissioned into the Royal Corps of Halberdiers during the war years 1939-45. High comedy - in the company of Brigadier Ritchie-Hook or…

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The Loved One

Evelyn Waugh

Set among the manicured lawns and euphemisms of Whispering Glades Memorial Park in Hollywood, this novel satirizes the American way of death and offers Waugh’s memento mori.

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A Handful of Dust

Evelyn Waugh

After seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last is bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband, Tony…

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A Handful of Dust

Evelyn Waugh

After seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last is bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband, Tony…

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