Evelyn Waugh



Evelyn Waugh

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born October 28, 1903
died April 10, 1966
place of birth United Kingdom
genre Literature & Fiction

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Evelyn Waugh was born in London in 1903. His father Arthur was a noted editor and publisher. His only sibling Alec also became a writer of note. In fact, his book “The Loom of Youth” (1917) a novel about his old boarding school Sherborne caused Evelyn to be expelled from there and placed at Lancing College. He said of his time there, “…the whole of English education when I was brought up was to produce prose writers; it was all we were taught, really.” He went on to Hertford College, Oxford where he read History. When asked if he took up any sports there he quipped, “I drank for Hertford.” In 1924 Waugh left Oxford without taking his degree. After inglorious stints as a school teacher (he was dismissed for trying to seduce a s...more

books by Evelyn Waugh

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avg rating: 3.95 | 5640 ratings | 63 distinct works
Brideshead Revisited Brideshead Revisited (Paperback)
by Evelyn Waugh
avg rating 4.08 — 1696 ratings — published 1945
49 editions
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The Loved One The Loved One (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Evelyn Waugh
avg rating 3.90 — 503 ratings — published 2000
11 editions
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Scoop Scoop (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Evelyn Waugh
avg rating 3.87 — 363 ratings — published 2003
20 editions
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Decline And Fall Decline And Fall (Paperback)
by Evelyn Waugh
avg rating 4.03 — 318 ratings — published 2005
18 editions
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A Handful of Dust A Handful of Dust (Everyman's Library (Cloth))
by Evelyn Waugh
avg rating 4.02 — 95 ratings — published 2002
19 editions
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Black Mischief Black Mischief (Paperback)
by Evelyn Waugh
avg rating 3.64 — 97 ratings — published 2002
8 editions
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Put Out More Flags Put Out More Flags (Paperback)
by Evelyn Waugh
avg rating 3.77 — 78 ratings — published 2002
11 editions
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Men at Arms Men at Arms (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Evelyn Waugh
avg rating 3.83 — 76 ratings — published 2000
6 editions
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The Complete Stories of Evelyn... The Complete Stories of Evelyn Waugh (Paperback)
by Evelyn Waugh
avg rating 4.29 — 63 ratings — published 2000
6 editions
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Vile Bodies Vile Bodies (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Evelyn Waugh
avg rating 3.72 — 57 ratings — published 2000
16 editions
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quotes by Evelyn Waugh

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"Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. "
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"My unhealthy affection for my second daughter has waned. Now I despise all my seven children equally.
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"I should like to bury something precious in every place where I've been happy and then, when I'm old and ugly and miserable, I could come back and dig it up and remember.
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Evelyn Waugh (Brideshead Revisited)
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