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This is my first Evelyn Waugh and I will be reading more, although I suspect the author finds salvation through religion more than I.
This was the author's first published novel. It was published in 1928 and is a satire of British society of the 1920s. The humor is accusatory, as most satirical humor is. Social norms, cultural differences, education, religion, bureaucracy, prisons, marriage, sex, love, honor - all of these themes are mercilessly poked at, to such an extent that the book could be ...more
This was the author's first published novel. It was published in 1928 and is a satire of British society of the 1920s. The humor is accusatory, as most satirical humor is. Social norms, cultural differences, education, religion, bureaucracy, prisons, marriage, sex, love, honor - all of these themes are mercilessly poked at, to such an extent that the book could be ...more
Evelyn Waugh’s social satire that makes buffoons of the English upper-class system, particularly hard on the education sector. I wish we could say none of this rings true, but alas beneath the farcical facade is an element of truth--as indeed there must be if satire is to work at all.
About midway of this novel, there is a scene set at a boy’s school sports day. I could picture this event perfectly...the children of the wealthy and prestigious, not an athlete among them, taking all the honors and ...more
About midway of this novel, there is a scene set at a boy’s school sports day. I could picture this event perfectly...the children of the wealthy and prestigious, not an athlete among them, taking all the honors and ...more
Just arrived from France trough BM.
This is the first book by Evelyn Waugh which tells the story of Paul Pennyfeather, his decline and his fall from Scone College to Llanabba, a Welsh castle. In some editions this book is subtitled as "A Novel of Many Manners". ...more
This is the first book by Evelyn Waugh which tells the story of Paul Pennyfeather, his decline and his fall from Scone College to Llanabba, a Welsh castle. In some editions this book is subtitled as "A Novel of Many Manners". ...more
Witty and engaging satire of pretty much everything in the England of its time, but racial slurs and epithets were uncomfortable.
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