Brideshead Revisited - Waugh, Evelyn

As New; Waugh's great English novel explore themes of love, loss, religion, and reinvention against the backdrop of a changing world. Set in the inter-war years, it tells the story of Charles Ryder, a young man infatuated with the aristocratic Marchmain family When Charles encounters Lord Sebastian Flyte at Oxford he is dazzled by his glamorous country estate, known as Brideshead. But Charles also discovers complex family relationships, and a fragile state of privilege corroded by Sebastian's alcoholism and the dark inevitability of war. Nostalgic, knowing, comedic, and tragic - there has never been a better depiction of the 20th century's fading golden age.
As New
Soft cover
Arcturus Publishing
2024
London, UK