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Product Details

Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Language: English
ISBN-10: 067942041X
ISBN-13: 978-0679420415
Product Dimensions: 21 x 2 x 15.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 340 g

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Satire, Characters, Enjoy!, May 14 2009

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This review is from: Decline and Fall (Modern Classics) (Paperback)

"Decline and Fall" is British satire at its best. Set in the life of the British Upper Classes, this book makes light of its self importance. It is humorous both in its plot and its wording. Paul Pennyfeather, a Public school man (private school in U.S. terms) lives an improbable life and meets with a host of characters. As readers of my reviews know, the novel is not my main reading genre, but as I discover more novels like this my interest I might grow.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best book I ever read, April 10 2006

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This review is from: Modern Classics Decline And Fall Centennial Edition (Paperback)

This was by far the best book I have ever read. It is side-splittingly hilarious while also grabbing hold of, twisting and photographing English society of the time.

Not a huge commitment, as it is short, this book will nonetheless change your life. I want more books to be this book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I get to read this classic again!, Jan 29 2005

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Our book club has decided to do Decline and Fall. It's been over 30 years since I last read this masterpiece. Oh what a treat to read it again!

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3.0 out of 5 stars A must-read, but the product itself?
I think the cover of this book is very well drawn - the look of all the Waugh books put out by "Back Bay," actually, is interesting, with those funny-looking... Read more

Published on Jun 14 2003 by Ashok Karra

4.0 out of 5 stars Social satire in which few are spared
More deadpan than hilarious, "Decline and Fall" is the story of Paul Pennyfeather, who seems not only to attract misfortune but to embrace it as his due. Read more

Published on Jan 19 2003 by D. Cloyce Smith

5.0 out of 5 stars The funniest Waugh
While I think that Brideshead Revisited is his best, this is Waugh at his funniest, before the iron had got into his soul. Read more

Published on April 7 2002 by villekulla

5.0 out of 5 stars Assured hilarity
This book has become my personal invitation to screaming, stomach grasping laughter. Waugh's portrayal of the particular bigotries, blindnesses and vanities of the various members... Read more

Published on Feb 3 2002 by linda dann

5.0 out of 5 stars Scandalously funny
Waugh's first novel is an outrageous satire that pokes fun at the British class system, religion, and education. Read more

Published on Jan 22 2002 by Westley

3.0 out of 5 stars A Light, Humorous Satire
Poor Paul Pennyfeather! As the "hero" of Evelyn Waugh's first novel he is barely worth a cent and light as pillow stuffing. Read more

Published on July 15 2001 by oh_pete

5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect first novel
I must have bought a dozen copies of this book. I give it to the young and university-bound, lend it to friends who need help in understanding the English character, and make sure... Read more

Published on Nov 25 2000 by Kevin Marks

4.0 out of 5 stars Comedy That Cuts
On one level, "Decline and Fall" is a wild farce of English manners complete with odd characters, dry humor, and impossible situations. Read more

Published on July 23 2000 by Robert Kennedy

5.0 out of 5 stars Plausible Dark Comedy
Waugh's gift, so apparent in this novelette, is to fill his books with incident, but to do it in such a way that it never seems gratuitous. Read more

Published on Jun 14 2000 by Eugene G. Barnes

5.0 out of 5 stars an acid satire
This is an under-read classic. The hapless hero, having been chucked out of university, lands in a barely respectable public school. Read more

Published on April 23 2000

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