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Page 108
... Brideshead Revisited was " Spam , black - outs and Nissen huts " . I feel much the same towards The Heart of the Matter , though my excuse might be different - " swamps , rain and a mad cook " - for our two wars were very different ...
... Brideshead Revisited was " Spam , black - outs and Nissen huts " . I feel much the same towards The Heart of the Matter , though my excuse might be different - " swamps , rain and a mad cook " - for our two wars were very different ...
Page 131
... Brideshead Revisited . In other words , Waugh suggests that we should see Ludovic as a caricature , or diagnosis , of himself . This calls for a dialectical reading , of the kind described before ; but the rest of the book has no use ...
... Brideshead Revisited . In other words , Waugh suggests that we should see Ludovic as a caricature , or diagnosis , of himself . This calls for a dialectical reading , of the kind described before ; but the rest of the book has no use ...
Page 236
... Brideshead Revisited , 108 , 113 , 115 , 117-18 , 123–6 , 137 ; Charles Ryder , 123-6 ; Decline and Fall , 103 , 113 , 114 , 118 , 120 , 135 , 143 ; Guy Crouchback , 109 , 115 , 127-31 , 208 ; Helena , 116 ; Labels , 219 ; Men at Arms ...
... Brideshead Revisited , 108 , 113 , 115 , 117-18 , 123–6 , 137 ; Charles Ryder , 123-6 ; Decline and Fall , 103 , 113 , 114 , 118 , 120 , 135 , 143 ; Guy Crouchback , 109 , 115 , 127-31 , 208 ; Helena , 116 ; Labels , 219 ; Men at Arms ...
Contents
1 THE EMPIRE AND THE ADVENTURE | 1 |
THE EMPIRE | 16 |
THE SISTERS | 46 |
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