Brideshead Revisited (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Evelyn Waugh
- First Published: 1945
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Twentieth century
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Charles Ryder, Lord Marchmain, Lady Marchmain, Brideshead (Bridey), Sebastian, Julia, Cordelia, Celia, Anthony Blanche, Boy Mulcaster, Rex Mottram, Cara
- 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
The Story:
Captain Charles Ryder of the British Army and his company were moved to a new billet in the neighborhood of Brideshead, an old estate he had often visited during his student days at Oxford. Brideshead was the home of the Marchmains, an old Catholic family. Following World War I, the Marquis of Marchmain went to live in Italy. There he met Cara, who became his mistress for life. Lady Marchmain, an ardent Catholic, and her four children, Brideshead, Sebastian, Julia, and Cordelia, remained in England. They lived either at Brideshead or at Marchmain House in...
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