{"product_id":"9780241472736-brideshead-revisited","title":"Brideshead Revisited","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrideshead Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e is Evelyn Waugh's stunning novel of duty and desire set amongst the decadent, faded glory of the English aristocracy in the run-up to the Second World War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, \u003ci\u003eBrideshead Revisited \u003c\/i\u003elooks 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvelyn Waugh (1903-66) was born in Hampstead, second son of Arthur Waugh, publisher and literary critic, and brother of Alec Waugh, the popular novelist. In 1928 he published his first work, a life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and his first novel, \u003ci\u003eDecline and Fall\u003c\/i\u003e, which was soon followed by \u003ci\u003eVile Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e (1930), \u003ci\u003eA Handful of Dust\u003c\/i\u003e (1934) and \u003ci\u003eScoop\u003c\/i\u003e (1938). In 1939 he was commissioned in the Royal Marines and later transferred to the Royal Horse Guards, serving in the Middle East and in Yugoslavia. In 1942 he published \u003ci\u003ePut Out More Flags\u003c\/i\u003e and then in 1945 \u003ci\u003eBrideshead Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eMen at Arms\u003c\/i\u003e (1952) was the first volume of 'The Sword of Honour' trilogy, and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; the other volumes, \u003ci\u003eOfficers and Gentlemen\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUnconditional Surrender\u003c\/i\u003e, followed in 1955 and 1961.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eBrideshead Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like Waugh's \u003ci\u003eVile Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Lush and evocative . Expresses at once the profundity of change and the indomitable endurance of the human spirit'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943383773281,"sku":"9780241472736","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33744679_f1c58e75-b296-48bb-bf4d-ed9bb93d4b5e.jpg?v=1744404352","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241472736-brideshead-revisited","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}