Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn Waugh
- Pages
- 351
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780316926348
- Reading Time
- ~6h 9min
Brideshead Revisited is a book by Evelyn Waugh. It has 351 pages.
About this book
Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited unfolds as a meditation on memory, faith, and the quiet erosion of England’s aristocratic world. Through the reflective voice of Charles Ryder, the narrative traces his entanglement with the Flyte family and their ancestral estate, using personal history to examine broader cultural shifts. The novel is widely recognized for its nuanced exploration of spiritual longing, contrasting the allure of aesthetic beauty and worldly attachment with the demands of Catholic grace. Set against the backdrop of interwar Britain, it captures a vanishing social order while probing questions about love, loyalty, and redemption. Waugh’s precise prose and structured framing have secured the work’s place in twentieth-century literature, offering a layered portrait of how personal devotion and historical change intersect. The book remains notable for its restrained emotional intensity and its careful balance between social observation and theological inquiry, inviting sustained reflection on the forces that shape human allegiance.
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Brideshead Revisited has 351 pages.
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Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited unfolds as a meditation on memory, faith, and the quiet erosion of England’s aristocratic world. Through the reflective voice of Charles Ryder, the narrative traces his entanglement with the Flyte family and their ancestral estate, using personal history to examin...
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Brideshead Revisited was written by Evelyn Waugh.