Evelyn Waugh







Evelyn Waugh

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born
October 28, 1903

died
April 10, 1966

place of birth
The United Kingdom

genre
Literature & Fiction


about this author

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




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Brideshead Revisited Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn Waugh
avg rating 3.96 — 4,115 ratings — published 1945
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A Handful of Dust A Handful of Dust
by Evelyn Waugh
avg rating 3.83 — 1,143 ratings — published 1951
21 editions
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The Loved One The Loved One
by Evelyn Waugh
avg rating 3.85 — 931 ratings — published 1947
18 editions
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Vile Bodies Vile Bodies
by Evelyn Waugh
avg rating 3.85 — 902 ratings — published 1930
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Scoop Scoop
by Evelyn Waugh
avg rating 3.86 — 678 ratings — published 1937
23 editions
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Decline And Fall Decline And Fall
by Evelyn Waugh
avg rating 3.94 — 614 ratings — published 1928
23 editions
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Black Mischief Black Mischief
by Evelyn Waugh
avg rating 3.73 — 191 ratings — published 1932
10 editions
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Put Out More Flags Put Out More Flags
by Evelyn Waugh
avg rating 3.81 — 162 ratings — published 1942
12 editions
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Men at Arms Men at Arms
by Evelyn Waugh
avg rating 3.92 — 141 ratings — published 1952
9 editions
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Officers and Gentlemen Officers and Gentlemen
by Evelyn Waugh
avg rating 4.01 — 134 ratings — published 1955
8 editions
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"Punctuality is the virtue of the bored."
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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."
Evelyn Waugh (Brideshead Revisited)
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"To understand all is to forgive all."
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