Author |
: Evelyn Waugh |
Publisher |
: Aegitas |
Total Pages |
: 357 |
Release |
: 2024-06-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780369401267 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0369401263 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Brideshead Revisited by : Evelyn Waugh
Download or read book Brideshead Revisited written by Evelyn Waugh and published by Aegitas. This book was released on 2024-06-18 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brideshead Revisited, The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder is a novel by English writer Evelyn Waugh, the life and romances of the protagonist Charles Ryder, most especially his friendship with the Flytes, a family of wealthy English Catholics who live in a palatial mansion called Brideshead Castle. Ryder has relationships with two of the Flytes: Sebastian and Julia. The novel explores themes including nostalgia for the age of English aristocracy, Catholicism, and the nearly overt homosexuality of Sebastian Flyte and s coterie at Oxford University. A faithful and well-received television adaptation of the novel was produced in an 11-part miniseries by Granada Television in 1981.