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Saint Edmund Campion: Priest and Martyr
by Evelyn WaughFor adventure, suspense, and sheer drama, Evelyn Waugh's biography of St. Edmund Campion rivals "Braveheart". And it's told with the grace and skill that won Waugh millions of fans for his "Brideshead Revisited". ... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1935 -
Charles Ryder's Schooldays and Other Stories
by Evelyn WaughA collection of short fiction by 'the only first-rate comic genius that has appeared in England since Bernard Shaw'.... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1982 -
Sword of Honour Trilogy
by Evelyn WaughTakes three previously published books and presents them as one story. They are, in order, Men At Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, and The End of the Battle.... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1961 -
Brideshead Revisited: a Novel
by Evelyn WaughA man's involvement with the family of his close friend, beginning when he was at University and continuing through his life. Set in England between the 2 world wars.... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1973 -
A Handful of Dust, and Decline and Fall
by Evelyn Waugh2 of Waugh's novels: the first a commentary on the well-mannered death struggles of the upper class; the second satirizes England's sacred cows... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1956 -
The End of the Battle (Sword of Honour Trilogy #3)
by Evelyn WaughGuy Crouchback is given one final assignment in Yugoslavia, at the end of WWII. Concluding volume of the Sword of Honour trilogy.... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1961 -
Men at Arms (Sword of Honour Trilogy #1)
by Evelyn WaughThe first volume of Evelyn Waugh's masterful trilogy about war, religion, and politics. The next two books are Officers and Gentlemen, and The End of the Battle.... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1952 -
Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred And Profane Memories Of Captain Charles Ryder (Essential. Penguin Ser.)
by Evelyn WaughThe wellsprings of desire and the impediments to love come brilliantly into focus in Evelyn Waugh's masterpiece-a novel that immerses us in the glittering and seductive world of English aristocracy in the waning days of the empire. Through the story of Charles Ryder's entanglement with the Flytes, a... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1945 -
The Complete Stories
by Evelyn WaughEvelyn Waugh's short fiction reveals in miniaturized perfection the elements that made him the greatest satirist of the twentieth century. The stories collected here range from delightfully barbed portraits of the British upper classes to an alternative ending to Waugh's novel A Handful of Dust; fro... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2011 -
The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
by Evelyn WaughGilbert Pinfold is a reclusive Catholic novelist suffering from acute inertia. In an attempt to keep insomnia at bay he has been imbibing an unappetizing cocktail of bromide, chloral and creme de menthe. He books a passage on the SS Caliban, and as it cruises towards Rangoon, he slips into madness.... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1957 -
Helena
by Evelyn WaughHelena is the intelligent, horse-mad daughter of a British chieftain who is thrown into marriage with the man who will one day become the Roman emperor Constantius. Leaving home for lands unknown, she spends her adulthood seeking truth in the religions, mythologies, and philosophies of the declining... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1950 -
Sword of Honor
by Evelyn WaughThis trilogy spanning World War II, based in part on Evelyn Waugh's own experiences as an army officer, is the author's surpassing achievement as a novelist. Its central character is Guy Crouchback, head of an ancient but decayed Catholic family, who at first discovers new purpose in the challenge t... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1966 -
Put Out More Flags
by Evelyn Waugh"Put Out More Flags" is Waugh's superb send-up of "smart" England, the bohemian crowd, as World War II approaches.... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1942 -
A Handful of Dust
by Evelyn WaughAfter seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last has grown bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband, Tony. She drifts into an affair with the shallow socialite John Beaver and forsakes Tony for the Belgravia set. In a novel that combin... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1934 -
Unconditional Surrender
by Evelyn WaughBy 1941, after serving in North Africa and Crete, Guy Crouchback has lost his Halberdier idealism. A desk job in London gives him the chance of reconciliation with his former wife. Then, in Yugoslavia, as a liaison officer with the partisans, Crouch becomes finally and fully aware of the futility of... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1961 -
Officers and Gentlemen
by Evelyn WaughFueled by idealism and eagerness to contribute to the war effort, Guy Crouchback becomes attached to a commando unit undergoing training on the Hebridean isle of Mugg, where the whisky flows freely and respect must be paid to the laird. But the comedy of Mugg is soon followed by the bitterness of Cr... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1955 -
Scoop: A Novel About Journalists (Portway Ser.)
by Evelyn WaughEvelyn Waugh was one of literature's great curmudgeons and a scathingly funny satirist. Scoop is a comedy of England's newspaper business of the 1930s and the story of William Boot, a innocent hick from the country who writes careful essays about the habits of the badger. Through a series of acciden... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1966 -
The Complete Stories of Evelyn Waugh
by Evelyn WaughCollected for the first time in a single volume: all of the short fiction by one of the 20th century's wittiest and most trenchant observers of the human comedy.... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1998 -
Vile Bodies
by Evelyn WaughEvelyn Waugh's second novel, "Vile Bodies" is his tribute to London's smart set. It introduces us to society as it used to be.... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1958 -
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1929
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Black Mischief
by Evelyn WaughThis is a satirical look at Imperial England and the views of this society.... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1952 -
The Loved One
by Evelyn WaughWaugh describes this book as "a little nightmare produced by the unaccustomed high living of a brief visit to Hollywood." This is a gruesome tale, executed with "loving horror."... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1948 -
A Handful of Dust
by Evelyn WaughAfter seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last has grown bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband, Tony. She drifts into an affair with the shallow socialite John Beaver and forsakes Tony for the Belgravia set. In a novel that combin... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1934 -
Black Mischief
by Evelyn WaughBlack Mischief, " Waugh's third novel, helped to establish his reputation as a master satirist. Set on the fictional African island of Azania, the novel chronicles the efforts of Emperor Seth, assisted by the Englishman Basil Seal, to modernize his kingdom. Profound hilarity ensues from the issuance... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1932 -
Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn WaughThe wellsprings of desire and the impediments to love come brilliantly into focus in Evelyn Waugh's masterpiece-a novel that immerses us in the glittering and seductive world of English aristocracy in the waning days of the empire.Through the story of Charles Ryder's entanglement with the Flytes, a ... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1945