false 3197465 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255774199m/3197465.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255774199s/3197465.jpg Soon to be a major motion picture from Miramax Films, starring Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon, Ben Whishaw, and Matthew Good, and directed by Julian Jarrold. Opens July 2008.

Evelyn Waugh’s most celebrated novel is a memory drama of extraordinary richness and depth. The novel Waugh thought of as his magnum opus, it is the story of the intense entanglement of a young, middle-class Englishman, Charles Ryder, with a wealthy, eccentric Anglo-Catholic family, the Marchmains: in particular, with Sebastian, the flamboyant young man Charles meets at Oxford in the 1920s; and Sebastian’s sister Julia, who will become the great and unrequited love of Charles’s life.

Written during World War II, the novel mourns the passing of the world of Waugh’s own youth, but it is also a story about religious and secular love, about the notions of sin and judgment, guilt and punishment and how, almost unaccountably, they can give shape to one’s life. By turns romantic, sensuous, comic, and somber, Brideshead Revisited transcends Waugh’s familiar satiric exploration of English society and mores, revealing an elegiac, lyrical writer of the most lucid and profound feeling.

]]> 30933 72 2952196 1945 Brideshead Revisited total:6071|5:2055|4:2198|3:1345|2:357|1:117| 6071 23928 10022 791 11315 3.89 14134 1681 20948851 416390 30933 0316926345 9780316926348 664 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077m/30933.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077s/30933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30933.Brideshead_Revisited 3.93 5281 Brideshead Revisited 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, Brideshead Revisited shows us a part of upper-class English culture that has been disappearing steadily.]]> 1945 3 36 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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The writing style is one o...more...]]> 6749426 127650 30933 0316926345 9780316926348 664 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077m/30933.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077s/30933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30933.Brideshead_Revisited 3.94 6071 Brideshead Revisited 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, Brideshead Revisited shows us a part of upper-class English culture that has been disappearing steadily.]]> 1945 5 6 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Tue Sep 25 00:03:05 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 25 00:09:34 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2053707 14494 30933 0316926345 9780316926348 664 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077m/30933.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077s/30933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30933.Brideshead_Revisited 3.94 6071 Brideshead Revisited 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, Brideshead Revisited shows us a part of upper-class English culture that has been disappearing steadily.]]> 1945 5 5 false Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Sun Jun 17 10:05:41 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 21:48:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 7994693 563983 30933 0316926345 9780316926348 664 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077m/30933.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077s/30933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30933.Brideshead_Revisited 3.94 6071 Brideshead Revisited 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, Brideshead Revisited shows us a part of upper-class English culture that has been disappearing steadily.]]> 1945 5 5 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1987 Sat Oct 20 15:00:54 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 20 15:12:46 -0700 2007
It de...more...]]> 14901058 888138 30933 0316926345 9780316926348 664 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077m/30933.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077s/30933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30933.Brideshead_Revisited 3.94 6071 Brideshead Revisited 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, Brideshead Revisited shows us a part of upper-class English culture that has been disappearing steadily.]]> 1945 5 5 false Fri Feb 08 08:24:41 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 08 17:52:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> 27582819 27925 30933 0316926345 9780316926348 664 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077m/30933.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077s/30933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30933.Brideshead_Revisited 3.94 6071 Brideshead Revisited 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, Brideshead Revisited shows us a part of upper-class English culture that has been disappearing steadily.]]> 1945 2 6 false Thu Jul 17 19:07:49 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 13:17:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 712479 58997 30933 0316926345 9780316926348 664 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077m/30933.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077s/30933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30933.Brideshead_Revisited 3.94 6071 Brideshead Revisited 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, Brideshead Revisited shows us a part of upper-class English culture that has been disappearing steadily.]]> 1945 5 3 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Fri Apr 13 18:00:46 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 17:56:58 -0800 2009
In addition to a delightfully complex set of characters and relationships, th...more...]]> 22391357 1162892 30933 0316926345 9780316926348 664 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077m/30933.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077s/30933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30933.Brideshead_Revisited 3.94 6071 Brideshead Revisited 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, Brideshead Revisited shows us a part of upper-class English culture that has been disappearing steadily.]]> 1945 4 2 false Fri May 16 14:50:35 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 14:50:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 18648010 600502 111620 0141182482 9780141182483 21 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111620.Brideshead_Revisited 3.94 6071 1945 3 4 false Tue Mar 25 21:01:02 -0700 2008 Sat May 09 23:12:21 -0700 2009
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...]]> 13789552 124482 30933 0316926345 9780316926348 664 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077m/30933.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077s/30933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30933.Brideshead_Revisited 3.94 6071 Brideshead Revisited 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, Brideshead Revisited shows us a part of upper-class English culture that has been disappearing steadily.]]> 1945 3 2 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...]]> 22558279 446110 30933 0316926345 9780316926348 664 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077m/30933.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077s/30933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30933.Brideshead_Revisited 3.94 6071 Brideshead Revisited 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, Brideshead Revisited shows us a part of upper-class English culture that has been disappearing steadily.]]> 1945 4 2 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...]]> 39390990 1177657 2116329 21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1193891175m/2116329.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1193891175s/2116329.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2116329.Brideshead_Revisited 4.06 103 1945 3 1 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...]]> 16467793 930189 30933 0316926345 9780316926348 664 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077m/30933.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077s/30933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30933.Brideshead_Revisited 3.94 6071 Brideshead Revisited 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, Brideshead Revisited shows us a part of upper-class English culture that has been disappearing steadily.]]> 1945 1 4 false Tue Feb 26 17:51:17 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 18:17:59 -0800 2008 45658469 1654757 30933 0316926345 9780316926348 664 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077m/30933.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077s/30933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30933.Brideshead_Revisited 3.94 6071 Brideshead Revisited 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, Brideshead Revisited shows us a part of upper-class English culture that has been disappearing steadily.]]> 1945 3 2 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...]]> 43739276 426277 30933 0316926345 9780316926348 664 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077m/30933.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077s/30933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30933.Brideshead_Revisited 3.94 6071 Brideshead Revisited 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, Brideshead Revisited shows us a part of upper-class English culture that has been disappearing steadily.]]> 1945 5 1 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...]]> 42742250 245923 145027 1857151720 9781857151725 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172168873m/145027.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172168873s/145027.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/145027.Brideshead_Revisited 4.00 15 1945 4 2 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...]]> 28635992 1134884 30933 0316926345 9780316926348 664 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077m/30933.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168160077s/30933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30933.Brideshead_Revisited 3.94 6071 Brideshead Revisited 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, Brideshead Revisited shows us a part of upper-class English culture that has been disappearing steadily.]]> 1945 4 1 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...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3197465