false 30933 72 One of Waugh's most famous books, <b>Brideshead Revisited</b> tells the story of the difficult loves of insular Englishman Charles Ryder, and his peculiarly intense relationship with the wealthy but dysfunctional family that inhabited Brideshead. Taking place in the years after World War II, <b>Brideshead Revisited</b> shows us a part of upper-class English culture that has been disappearing steadily. 2952196 1945 Brideshead Revisited total:5767|5:1958|4:2091|3:1270|2:338|1:111| 5767 22746 9553 762 3 34 false false Mon Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 00:34:50 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 15:29:35 -0700 2008
One's head is rather spinning, there are so many terribly good things and likewise so very much abject wretchedness it's hard to begin. Let us try.

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At the core of the novel is the friendship between Oxford classmates Charles (the narrator) and Seba...more...]]> 4 6 false false Wed Jun 13 13:28:14 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 23 12:31:37 -0700 2008
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After further reflection, I stand by that statement, but I can see how each of the characters was flawed, and how the individual failings of each character were...more...]]> 3 2 false true Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jan 27 22:58:13 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 28 17:39:15 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon May 19 11:17:55 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 14:57:10 -0700 2008 The end irritated me a great deal. Waugh used religion to neatly wrap up the story and, at the end, I felt like I'd been force-fed C.S. Lewis. How can there not be a god and all that. ...more...]]> 5 3 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Fri Apr 13 18:00:46 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 13 18:09:47 -0700 2007
In addition to a delightfully complex set of characters and relationships, th...more...]]> 3 1 false true Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 05 13:56:28 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 14:22:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 4 false false Tue Feb 26 17:51:17 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 18:17:59 -0800 2008 3 2 false false Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 11:37:03 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 21:11:14 -0800 2009 1
Being nearly devoid of organized religion for most of my life, I was at times fascinated by the overriding theme o...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jan 20 15:48:31 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 15:50:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false true Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jan 11 19:32:17 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 20 23:22:21 -0700 2009 "...perhaps all our loves are merely hints and symbols; vagabond-language scrawled on gate-posts and paving-stones along the weary road that others have tramped before us; perhaps you and I are types and this sadness which sometimes falls between us springs from disappointment in our search, ea...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 12:02:46 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 20:58:21 -0700 2008 oseille, sole in white wine sauce, caneton à la presse, caviare aux blinis, lemon soufflé, wines, cognac, and cigars – few scenes in Brideshead Revisited (1945) better capture the sumptuous, decadent texture of the Waugh's encomium and critique of British aristocracy between the wars than ...more...]]>