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Brideshead revisited:

the sacred and profane memories of Captain Charles Ryder, a novel
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Chapman & Hall, 1960 - Fiction - 381 pages

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A remarkable literary feat, 'Brideshead' explores memorable characters and deep theological issues with a deft touch. While there is a sincere religious focus to the book, the plot and language employed by E. Waugh are of such a caliber that even irreligious readers will not resist being impressed. 

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I joked to a friend I knew I was back in literary-land again at the reappearance of all the semi-colons. In fact, there doesn't seem much difference in style, and not much in voice, between this 1944 ... Read full review

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Contents

Preface page
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visit Brideshead for the first time
29
My cousin Jaspers Grand Remonstrance
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Brideshead Revisited - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited was made by Granada television, scripted by John Mortimer and originally shown on ITV in October 1981. The 11 episode adaptation of ...
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The Literate Kitten: Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
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Adapting Waugh's 'Brideshead'-- Nostalgia Revisited
By JOHN MORTIMER. L ONDON -- Evelyn Waugh wrote ''Brideshead Revisited'' during a five-month leave from military service in 1944. ...
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A Companion to Evelyn Waugh's 'Brideshead Revisited'
in a simplified version, with illustrations. A COMPANION TO BRIDESHEAD REVISITED (Choose this site for the British edition of the novel) ...
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Brideshead Revisited: A Twitch Upon the Thread
Brideshead Revisited: A Twitch Upon the Thread. by Paul Elmen. Dr. Elmen is professor of Christian ethics and moral theology at Seabury-Western Theological ...
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About the author (1960)

Born in Hampstead and educated at Oxford University, Evelyn Waugh came from a literary family. His elder brother, Alec was a novelist, and his father, Arthur Waugh, was the influential head of a large publishing house. Even in his school days, Waugh showed sings of the profound belief in Catholicism and brilliant wit that were to mark his later years. Waugh began publishing his novels in the late 1920's. He joined the Royal Marines at the beginning of World War II and was one of the first to volunteer for commando service. In 1944 he survived a plane crash in Yugoslavia and, while hiding in a cave, corrected the proofs of one of his novels. Waugh's early novels, Decline and Fall (1927), Vile Bodies (1930), and A Handful of Dust (1934), established him as one of the funniest and most brilliant satirists the British had seen in years. He was particularly skillful at poking fun at the scramble for prominence among the upper classes and the struggle between the generations. He lived for a while in Hollywood, about which he wrote The Loved One (1948), a scathing attack on the United States's overly sentimental funeral practices. His greatest works, however, are Brideshead Revisited (1945), which has been made into a highly popular television miniseries, and the trilogy Sword of Honor (1965), composed of Men at Arms (1952), Officers and Gentlemen (1955), and The End of the Battle (1961).

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