Brideshead Revisited (Magill Book Reviews)
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- Author: Evelyn Waugh
- First Published: 1945
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Social issues, England or English people, Faith, Drinking or drunkenness, Catholics or Catholic Church, Vacations, Satire
- Locales: Africa, London, England, Venice, Italy, Oxford, England
In 1943, Captain Charles Ryder, a successful architectural painter turned soldier, finds his company stationed at Brideshead, the country estate of Lord Marchmain. As overpowering memories of the previous 20 years arise, he begins an account of the family. The memoir is highly selective, omitting the 10 years between the decline of his friendship with Sebastian Flyte, son of Marchmain, and the beginning of his romance with Julia, Sebastian’s sister. Charles accounts for the emphasis and imbalance by explaining that with the Marchmains he had felt most alive and inspired.
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