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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这套丛书还有
《The Queen's Gambit (Penguin Modern Classics)》《Demian》《The Nigger of the Narcissus》《Narcissus and Goldmund》《Visions of Cody》
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今天把我的那本《故园风雨后》送人了，才发现我没在豆瓣上标记；我第一次读《故园风雨后》的时候是我12岁的时候，刚从英国回国，当时书中牛津的夏天是我读过的最美的夏天，代表了我对回英国的渴望，那几章可能是我reread过最多的章节；但我现在在文学中读到了很多美丽的当年夏天：A Month in the Country，乔凡尼的房间，甚至是Babel，而这些我现在觉得都比故园更美更lived-in，可能是...今天把我的那本《故园风雨后》送人了，才发现我没在豆瓣上标记；我第一次读《故园风雨后》的时候是我12岁的时候，刚从英国回国，当时书中牛津的夏天是我读过的最美的夏天，代表了我对回英国的渴望，那几章可能是我reread过最多的章节；但我现在在文学中读到了很多美丽的当年夏天：A Month in the Country，乔凡尼的房间，甚至是Babel，而这些我现在觉得都比故园更美更lived-in，可能是因为里面都是些普通的需要工作的人，我现在意识到我自己并不是故园里美化的旧贵族，而里面的夏日是本就不该存在的镜花水月...再次出国，我也想到英国并非是书中的模样，也不应该是，因为那是建立在剥削之上的（思考）而并非贵族叙事才是美的；真是让我感觉conflicted又有personal connect的书(展开)
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malingcat
译林出版社2009版
领岛
译林出版社2009版
困困
译林出版社2009版
雾隐
人民文学出版社2018版
#暗蓝#
湖南文艺出版社2018版
介词
译林出版社1999版
1 有用 Decem 2023-10-31 22:28:06 美国
今天把我的那本《故园风雨后》送人了，才发现我没在豆瓣上标记；我第一次读《故园风雨后》的时候是我12岁的时候，刚从英国回国，当时书中牛津的夏天是我读过的最美的夏天，代表了我对回英国的渴望，那几章可能是我reread过最多的章节；但我现在在文学中读到了很多美丽的当年夏天：A Month in the Country，乔凡尼的房间，甚至是Babel，而这些我现在觉得都比故园更美更lived-in，可能是... 今天把我的那本《故园风雨后》送人了，才发现我没在豆瓣上标记；我第一次读《故园风雨后》的时候是我12岁的时候，刚从英国回国，当时书中牛津的夏天是我读过的最美的夏天，代表了我对回英国的渴望，那几章可能是我reread过最多的章节；但我现在在文学中读到了很多美丽的当年夏天：A Month in the Country，乔凡尼的房间，甚至是Babel，而这些我现在觉得都比故园更美更lived-in，可能是因为里面都是些普通的需要工作的人，我现在意识到我自己并不是故园里美化的旧贵族，而里面的夏日是本就不该存在的镜花水月...再次出国，我也想到英国并非是书中的模样，也不应该是，因为那是建立在剥削之上的（思考）而并非贵族叙事才是美的；真是让我感觉conflicted又有personal connect的书 (展开)
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 #暗蓝# 2017-11-04 15:08:26
无语凝噎。
1 有用 野次馬 2011-09-03 14:11:31
BR中毒中…… 校图这本封面好朴素
2 有用 鱼更 2016-11-13 00:38:49
想读很久，中间一度放弃，最后还是读完了。作者为牛津的学生生活献出了最优美的和感伤的文笔，但后半部分无论是情节还是词藻都堆砌得太厉害了。有趣的是读完之后再读作者自序，发现他也意识到了这些问题…
0 有用 Ιάννης Ξενάκης 2024-05-07 17:20:36 广东
拖沓无聊
0 有用 bagins 2024-04-30 13:57:20 上海
听
0 有用 indie_citizen 2024-03-31 23:35:39 安徽
春日心碎💔
0 有用 迟缓者 2024-03-30 01:07:39 英国
如尘土一般轻薄。如黄金一般无用。自始至终都是空虚，琐碎之处隐藏真实。
0 有用 马丁路德刘 2024-03-24 10:28:20 美国
Is the idea of sin there to make sense of our inexplicable suffering in this world, which is part of what being a human means