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by Evelyn Waugh (Author) "WHEN I reached 'C' Company lines, which were at the top of the hill, I paused and looked back at the camp, just coming into..." (more)
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A departure from Evelyn Waugh's normally comic theater, Brideshead Revisited concerns the tale of Charles Ryder, a captain in the British Army in post-World War I England. Unlike Waugh's previous narrators, Ryder is an intelligent man, looking back on much of his life from his current post in Oxford. He strikes a special friendship with Lord Sebastian Flyte as the setting moves to the Brideshead estate and a baroque castle that recalls England's prior standing in the world. Ryder falls for Flyte's sister while families, politics and religions collide. What makes the book extraordinary is Waugh's sharp, vivid style and his use of dialect and minor characters. This is one of Waugh's finest accomplishments and a superb book.


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In this classic tale of British life between the World Wars, Waugh parts company with the satire of his earlier works to examine affairs of the heart. Charles Ryder finds himself stationed at Brideshead, the family seat of Lord and Lady Marchmain. Exhausted by the war, he takes refuge in recalling his time spent with the heirs to the estate before the war--years spent enthralled by the beautiful but dissolute Sebastian and later in a more conventional relationship with Sebastian's sister Julia. Ryder portrays a family divided by an uncertain investment in Roman Catholicism and by their confusion over where the elite fit in the modern world. Although Waugh was considered by many to be more successful as a comic than as a wistful commentator on human relationships and faith, this novel was made famous by a 1981 BBC TV dramatization. Irons's portrayal of Ryder catapulted Irons to stardom, and in this superb reading his subtle, complete characterizations highlight Waugh's ear for the aristocratic mores of the time. Fervent Anglophiles will be thrilled by this excellent rendition of a favorite; Irons's reading saves this dinosaur from being suffocated by its own weight.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The book must be read slowly and carefully to enjoy it, Dec 15 1998
By juribe00@counsel.com (Bogota, Colombia) - See all my reviews
The melancholic mood of the book makes it perfect ot be read under the shadow of a tree or on dark rainy afternoons. The dissapearence of a time, of a family, a class, and a love is perfectly mixed in the same story. But to feel it the book shall be read according to its inner pace. If you read it all in one night somehow you will lose part of its beauty. Also you shall not read this book if you are looking for action and fun.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A work of remarkable beauty, Mar 3 2004
By Jon Hunt "musician, teacher" (Old Greenwich, Ct. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brideshead Revisited Tv Tie In (Paperback)
Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead, revisited" is a masterpiece of twentieth century literature. Spanning a period of twenty years, Waugh paints a most extraordinary picture of idyllic life fraught with undertones of deep sadness. Charles Ryder serves as the incarnate narrator of Waugh's halcyon brush strokes as Ryder emerges as the most critcal character in the book.

The women of "Brideshead" are either self-absorbed or flitty and the men are sillier yet. In fact, the second half of Waugh's work is more important than the first. In the latter half, Charles matures....the only person to do so. It is as if Charles is holding a movie camera throughout as the characters rotate in slow motion. They rarely move forward....just on to other locations. Waugh's greatest contribution is, however, his soft hintings of sexuality. These connections are largely left open to the reader's imagination and are gently manipulated by the feel of a warm breeze, the sight of a flower-filled field or the scent of spring.

A question I often asked myself while reading "Brideshead" was "are these people really connecting in any way?" My answer was "yes", but at a distance more relevant to the times and to the country. Charles's denouement was a curtain being pulled down on a dysfunctional family that had little real understanding of how to hold themselves together, but did so, anyway.

"Brideshead, revisited" can be read in a short time but, like an afternoon tea, should be consumed in small sips. The refreshment of Evelyn Waugh's descriptive prose evinces a master mind at work...the author turned painter. His canvas is a tour de force.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great novel, Feb 29 2004
By Allan Brinser (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews
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I could go on and on about how fantastic this novel is but that has been done already. This novel probably won't appeal to everyone, but certainly worth checking out. One of my personal favorites.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Picture of salvation.
This book is not written in accordance with current literary tastes. It is descriptive to the point where it is florid sometimes; the writer's politics and elitism can easily... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful story.
This is a story of an aristocratic, very Catholic family in Protestant England, and of the narrator, a well to do friend of the family who we meet as he enters Oxford, and leave... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Epic story told with beautiful writing
The quintesssential story of the years between the wars, full of rich detail, emotional understatement, a terrific story, a bitter-sweet romance. Read more
Published on April 15 2003 by Peggy Vincent

5.0 out of 5 stars Like Reading It for the First Time
I had a friend who made it a point to read "Brideshead Revisited" once a year without fail. She considered it the finest book ever written. Read more
Published on April 4 2003 by W. Carol

4.0 out of 5 stars His lesser qualities Still Good art
Brideshead is a gloomy book but a must-read nonetheless. I am sometimes embarassed to say I liked it enough to read it twice and I'm sure that I'll read it again. Read more
Published on Oct 2 2002 by L. Dann

5.0 out of 5 stars 'The Languor of youth - how unique and quintessential'
Brideshead Revisited is an eloquently written book, visiting themes such as religion, beauty and the 'languor of youth'. Read more
Published on Jun 11 2002 by Dr. Gege GATT

5.0 out of 5 stars An Often Misunderstood Classic of 20th Century Literature
Like most great novels, BRIDESHEAD REVISITED is about a great many things--not the least of which is the decline of English aristocracy. Read more
Published on May 28 2002 by Gary F. Taylor

5.0 out of 5 stars Rare Book Warning
If you have a Little and Brown dated 1945 and it is the 1st American Edition, one of 600 predating the trade edition, that book in good condiion is worth several hundred or more... Read more
Published on May 16 2002 by David Butterfield

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure poetry
Never before has a novel affected me in so many different ways over so long a time. The older I get, the more brilliant it becomes. Read more
Published on Feb 21 2002 by Kelli Mitchell

4.0 out of 5 stars Nobility in decline
It's surprising to see a relatively serious novel like "Brideshead Revisited" from Evelyn Waugh, whose reputation as a writer was built on humor. Read more
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