Waugh, Evelyn Arthur St John
Waugh, Evelyn Arthur St John ( 1903 – 66 ),novelist, born in Hampstead, the son of a publisher, Arthur Waugh . He was educated at Lancing and Hertford College, Oxford, where he devoted himself more to social than to academic life; his literary and artistic interests were strengthened by new friendships, notably with H. Acton . He took a third-class degree, then worked for some years (unhappily) as assistant schoolmaster in various posts which provided material for Decline and Fall ( 1928 ), his first and immensely successful novel, which followed the publication of an essay on the Pre-Raphaelites ( 1926 ). In 1928 he married Evelyn Gardner ; in 1930 he was divorced, and received into the Roman Catholic Church. His career as a novelist prospered, with Vile Bodies ( 1930 , set in Mayfair), Black Mischief ( 1932 , set in Africa), A Handful of Dust ( 1934 ), and Scoop (...
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