Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
by Waugh, Evelyn
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1945. First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 7 3/4" X 5 1/4. Lester M. Peterson (Jacket). First American BCE. Waugh's seventh novel, " will entertain, stir the emotions, recharge the brain cells and induce laughter " as well as tell, "an extraordinary love story and [provide] an illuminating presentation of the modern conflict between religion and divorce." 351 pp. Book has red boards with black text on both spine and front. Line drawing of broken column in front of bush on front as well. Spine ends lightly rubbed, corners fine. Production fault has vertical crease from top to bottom on front pastedown near hinge. 8 parrallel, what look like machine marks on all three edges. No markings or notations of any kind; book is very clean. 1945 stated on full title page. Copyright dates: 1944, 1945, by Evelyn Waugh. Book printed and bound by Kingsport Press, Inc. Kingsport Tenn. Unclipped, unpriced DJ features brown front and spine, and cream rear panel. Rear panel provides critical comment on 'Five Novels by Evelyn Waugh' by Edmund Wilson published in the New Yorker. Some chipping around spine ends as well as two, < 1" tears at head. Digital pictures available on request. Bookseller's Inventory # 071481.
Synopsis
Author Evelyn Waugh wrote Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder during the handful of months following a minor parachute accident. Loosely based on Waugh’s own experiences as a student at Oxford University, the novel tells the story of Charles Ryder, a young man at Oxford who is captivated by an eccentric classmate named Sebastian Flyte and his very wealthy, Catholic family. The first half of the book is filled with teachings of beauty, booze, and witty conversation; in the second half, every one grows up and things all apart. Told in flashbacks from the days of WWII, Waugh charts the passing of the privileged world he knew in his own youth and vividly recalls the sensuous pleasures that wartime austerities denied him. While many critics believe that Waugh’s intention was to present Catholicism positively and reflect his own reasons for converting to it, many interpret the novel in the opposite light, believing that religion actually brings about the ruin of every character in the story. Brideshead Revisited is ranked 45th on BBC’s “The Big Read” survey and 80th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century. It is also included in TIME’s “100 Best Novels” (since 1923) as well as Newsweek’s list of the 100 best books of world literature.
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- Seller
- Lower Beverley Better Books
(CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 001481
- Title
- Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
- Author
- Waugh, Evelyn
- Illustrator
- Lester M. Peterson (Jacket)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Little Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1945
- Size
- 7 3/4" X 5 1/4
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Lower Beverley Better Books
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Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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