A Handful of Dust (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Evelyn Waugh
- First Published: 1934
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social satire
- Time of Work: Twentieth century
- Setting: England
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: Voyages, Prisoners, Twentieth century, Social issues, Guilt, England or English people, Adultery, Divorce, London, South America or South Americans, Exploration or explorers, Interior design
- Locales: London, England, Amazon, Brazil
Characters Discussed
Anthony Last, called Tony, a young Englishman whose dream is to restore his Hetton Abbey to its feudal glory. He does not suspect his wife’s infidelity until she informs him of it and asks for a divorce. Agreeing at first, he becomes angry at her family’s greed for alimony and refuses to give her a divorce. To get away, he goes on an expedition to the jungles of South America. There he contracts a fever and is nursed back to health by a trader who keeps Tony a permanent prisoner, forcing him to read and reread aloud the works of Charles Dickens...
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