- Paperback: 1 pages
- Publisher: Penguin UK; New edition edition (Aug 4 1988)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0140111506
- ISBN-13: 978-0140111507
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #973,524 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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I am a University Freshman reading this book and I find it a little heavy for a young person like me. Read this if you are married, and understand the effects of marriage and betrayal. Do not read this if you want to be entertained, this is social-concerned book about the Depression thought the eyes of the higher class. Some people find it hilarious, but I found it horribly depressing. By the way, Evelyn is a man. This book is written by a man.
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Waugh's take on English upper society in the 1930's. The characters in this novel live on the surfice. They construct their lives around what will not last. Tony, the central character, lives for Hetton,his deteriorating mansionin the English countryside. His wife and the other characters live day by day without meaningful direction or accomplishments. This is a satire. Social commentary in narative form. It is written crisply and the humour is often understated. None of the characters are loveable and it is hard to feel empathy for any of them. "A Handful of Dust" is a line from TS Elliot, the English poet. Waugh's novel is TS Elliot's poetry in prose. |
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