Author : Evelyn Waugh
Release : 2024-06-18
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 263/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis Brideshead Revisited by : Evelyn Waugh
Download or read book Brideshead Revisited written by Evelyn Waugh. This book was released on 2024-06-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brideshead Revisited, The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder is a novel by English writer Evelyn Waugh, the life and romances of the protagonist Charles Ryder, most especially his friendship with the Flytes, a family of wealthy English Catholics who live in a palatial mansion called Brideshead Castle. Ryder has relationships with two of the Flytes: Sebastian and Julia. The novel explores themes including nostalgia for the age of English aristocracy, Catholicism, and the nearly overt homosexuality of Sebastian Flyte and s coterie at Oxford University. A faithful and well-received television adaptation of the novel was produced in an 11-part miniseries by Granada Television in 1981.