Decline and Fall (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Evelyn Waugh
- First Published: 1928
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social satire
- Time of Work: Twentieth century
- Setting: England and Wales
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, Values, Twentieth century, Marriage, Schools or school life, College life, England or English people, Upper classes, Human behavior, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Wales or Welsh people
- Locales: England, Wales
Characters Discussed
Paul Pennyfeather, an inoffensive divinity student at Oxford University who is wrongly dismissed for indecent exposure after he is made the victim of a prank. He teaches at a school in Wales and is hired as vacation tutor for one of his pupils. He becomes engaged to the boy’s mother, Margot Beste-Chetwynde; just before the wedding, however, he is arrested and later is convicted of operating the international white-slave trade she runs. After she has arranged for his successful escape from prison, Paul is officially declared dead. Disguised by a heavy...
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