The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age before the Second World War. It tells the story of Charles Ryder's infatuation with the Marchmains and the rapidly-disappearing world of privilege they inhabit. Enchanted first by Sebastian at Oxford, then by his doomed Catholic family, in particular his remote sister, ...
The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age before the Second World War. It tells the story of Charles Ryder's infatuation with the Marchmains and the rapidly-disappearing world of privilege they inhabit. Enchanted first by Sebastian at Oxford, then by his doomed Catholic family, in particular his remote sister, Julia, Charles comes finally to recognize only his spiritual and social distance from them.
Evelyn Waugh's father Arthur was a noted editor and publisher. His only sibling Alec also became a writer of note. In fact, his book “The Loom of Youth” (1917) a novel about his old boarding school Sherborne caused Evelyn to be expelled from there and placed at Lancing College. He said of his time there, “…the whole of English education when I was brought up was to produce pros...
Evelyn Waugh's father Arthur was a noted editor and publisher. His only sibling Alec also became a writer of note. In fact, his book “The Loom of Youth” (1917) a novel about his old boarding school Sherborne caused Evelyn to be expelled from there and placed at Lancing College. He said of his time there, “…the whole of English education when I was brought up was to produce prose writers; it was all we were taught, really.” He went on to Hertford College, Oxford, where he read History. When asked if he took up any sports there he quipped, “I drank for Hertford.”
In 1924 Waugh left Oxford without taking his degree. After inglorious stints as a school teacher (he was dismissed for trying to seduce a school matron and/or inebriation), an apprentice cabinet maker and journalist, he wrote and had published his first novel, “Decline and Fall” in 1928.
In 1928 he married Evelyn Gardiner. She proved unfaithful, and the marriage ended in divorce in 1930. Waugh would derive parts of “A Handful of Dust” from this unhappy time. His second marriage to Audrey Herbert lasted the rest of his life and begat seven children. It was during this time that he converted to Catholicism.
During the thirties Waugh produced one gem after another. From this decade come: “Vile Bodies” (1930), “Black Mischief” (1932), the incomparable “A Handful of Dust” (1934) and “Scoop” (1938). After the Second World War he published what is for many his masterpiece, “Brideshead Revisited,” in which his Catholicism took centre stage. “The Loved One” a scathing satire of the American death industry followed in 1947. After publishing his “Sword of Honour Trilogy” about his experiences in World War II - “Men at Arms” (1952), “Officers and Gentlemen” (1955), “Unconditional Surrender" (1961) - his career was seen to be on the wane. In fact, “Basil Seal Rides Again” (1963) - his last published novel - received little critical or commercial attention.
Evelyn Waugh, considered by many to be the greatest satirical novelist of his day, died on 10 April 1966 at the age of 62.
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1 有用 asoholic 2014-10-23 12:51:51
徒劳 优美 伤感 Waugh
3 有用 张华弥 2018-02-16 19:24:51
过誉的小说，语言和内容上都是，Waugh心里也清楚，这本书满足了大家对那个阶层的某种向往和惋惜。Waugh是真喜欢《小人物日记》啊，第二卷加拿大女婿那个入教的猴急样笑得我乐不可支。
43 有用 ppg 2012-06-05 14:26:46
这本书与红楼梦的相似之处不仅仅在一个贵族家庭的衰落、人物被命运裹挟的无常、华丽细节下不为人知的悲哀，对于我，它们都有一种不足与外人道也、只可意会不可言传的好，那种好流淌在细微的字句、琐碎的片段里，你只能去读它，任何描述的企图都只会显得很二手、很无力。
12 有用 东林君 2020-10-21 15:21:40
应该是今年读过的最爱了。读第三遍时发现过去许多没注意的细节：经常去伦敦的丈夫是串梗《一抔尘土》；书末关于勋爵是否忏悔和赎罪的争论，实际上是Charles挽回和拯救Julia的最后努力。年轻时我们把讽刺和满不在乎当作最高级的聪明和洒脱，现在才知道对一个人全身心的爱与奉献与牺牲才是所有智慧的根源以及面对死亡恐惧时得救的唯一出路。
1 有用 [已注销] 2013-06-12 01:43:33
是Penguin另外一个封面的版本