Brideshead Revisited

The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

By Evelyn Waugh | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

About the book

Evelyn Waugh's beloved masterpiece, with an introduction by Paula Byrne

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 Flyte at Oxford, then by his doomed Catholic family, in particular his remote sister, Julia, Charles comes finally to recognise his spiritual and social distance from them.

'Lush and evocative ... Expresses at once the profundity of change and the indomitable endurance of the human spirit'
The Times

Editions of Brideshead Revisited

Hardcover
ISBN 9780241585313
Hardcover
ISBN 9780241284629
Paperback
ISBN 9780241472736
Paperback
ISBN 9780141182483
EBook
ISBN 9780141903187

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Evelyn Waugh's beloved masterpiece, with an introduction by Paula Byrne

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 Flyte at Oxford, then by his doomed Catholic family, in particular his remote sister, Julia, Charles comes finally to recognise his spiritual and social distance from them.

'Lush and evocative ... Expresses at once the profundity of change and the indomitable endurance of the human spirit'
The Times

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Evelyn Waugh's beloved masterpiece, with an introduction by Paula Byrne

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 Flyte at Oxford, then by his doomed Catholic family, in particular his remote sister, Julia, Charles comes finally to recognise his spiritual and social distance from them.

'Lush and evocative ... Expresses at once the profundity of change and the indomitable endurance of the human spirit'
The Times

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Brideshead Revisited?

Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre > Classic fiction: literary and general

Where can I read a sample of Brideshead Revisited?

You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780241585313

Who is/are the Author/s of the book Brideshead Revisited?

Evelyn Waugh

Who is the Publisher of the book Brideshead Revisited?

Penguin Books Ltd

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Brideshead Revisited is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780241585313) and hardcover(ISBN 9780241284629) and paperback(ISBN 9780241472736) and paperback(ISBN 9780141182483) and ebook(ISBN 9780141903187)

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