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Av Evelyn Waugh
Storpocket, 2021
4,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
169 kr
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Jag kände Sebastian till utseendet långt innan jag träffade honom. Det var oundvikligt, för redan från den första veckan var han den mest ryktbare studenten i sin årskull på grund av sin skönhet, som var anslående, och på grund av sina excentriska infall, för vilka det inte verkade finnas några …
Brideshead Revisited
The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
Av Evelyn Waugh
Häftad, 2000
152 kr
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Evelyn Waugh's beloved masterpiece, with an introduction by Paula Byrne The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age before the Second World War. It tells the story of Charles Ryder's infatuation with the Marchmains and the rapidly …
Vile Bodies
Av Evelyn Waugh
Häftad, 2000
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
149 kr
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Evelyn Waugh's acidly funny novel of the Roaring Twenties, with an introduction by Simon JamesIn the years following the First World War a new generation emerges, wistful and vulnerable beneath the glitter. The Bright Young Things of twenties' Mayfair, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and …
Decline and Fall
Av Evelyn Waugh
Häftad, 2001
152 kr
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Evelyn Waugh's hilarious debut novel, with an introduction by Barbara CookeSent down from Oxford in outrageous circumstances, Paul Pennyfeather is oddly unsurprised to find himself qualifying for the position of schoolmaster at Llanabba Castle. His colleagues are an assortment of misfits, rascals …
Handful of Dust
Av Evelyn Waugh
Häftad, 2018
139 kr
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'It would be a dull world if we all thought alike.'After seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last is bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband, Tony. She drifts into an affair with the shallow socialite John Beaver and forsakes Tony …
Brideshead Revisited
The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
Av Evelyn Waugh
Inbunden, 2016
4,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
209 kr
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A beautiful clothbound edition of Evelyn Waugh's classic novel of duty and desire set against the backdrop of the faded glory of the English aristocracy in the run-up to the Second World War.The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden …
Remote People
Av Evelyn Waugh
Häftad, 2002
142 kr
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Perhaps the funniest travel book ever written, Remote People begins with a vivid account of the coronation of Emperor Ras Tafari - Haile Selassie I, King of Kings - an event covered by Evelyn Waugh in 1930 as special correspondent for The Times. It continues with subsequent travels throughout …
Brideshead Revisited
The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
Av Evelyn Waugh
Häftad, 2020
139 kr
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Brideshead Revisited is Evelyn Waugh's stunning novel of duty and desire set amongst the decadent, faded glory of the English aristocracy in the run-up to the Second World War.The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age before the …
Scoop
Av Evelyn Waugh
Häftad, 2000
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
151 kr
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Evelyn Waugh's brilliantly irreverent satire of Fleet Street, with an introduction by Alexander WaughLord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of The Daily Beast, has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters. That is not to say he has not made the odd blunder, …
Put Out More Flags
Av Evelyn Waugh
Häftad, 2000
152 kr
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Upper-class rogues, bohemians, dowagers, socialites, bureaucrats and delinquent evacuees prepare for England to change forever, in this hilarious and deadly serious 1942 satire on the 'phoney war'The hideous, then unfamiliar shriek of the air-raid sirens sang out over LondonWhat happened to the …
Men at Arms
Av Evelyn Waugh
Häftad, 2001
152 kr
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Guy Crouchback, determined to get into the war, takes a commission in the Royal Corps of Halberdiers. His spirits high, he sees all the trimmings but none of the action. And his first campaign, an abortive affair on the West African coastline, ends with an escapade which seriously blots his …
Unconditional Surrender
The Conclusion of Men at Arms and Officers and Gentlemen
Av Evelyn Waugh
Häftad, 2001
152 kr
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Guy Crouchback has lost his Halberdier idealism. A desk job in London gives him the chance of reconciliation with his former wife. Then, in Yugoslavia, as a liaison officer with the partisans, he finally becomes aware of the futility of a war he once saw in terms of honour.
Officers and Gentlemen
Av Evelyn Waugh
Häftad, 2001
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
152 kr
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The second volume of Waugh's masterful trilogy, Sword of HonourGuy Crouchback is now attached to a commando unit undergoing training on the Hebridean isle of Mugg, where the whisky flows freely and HM forces have to show respect for the laird. But the comedy of Mugg is followed by the bitterness of …
Brideshead Revisited
The Sacred And Profane Memories Of Captain Charles Ryder
Av Evelyn Waugh
Häftad, 2011
3,7 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (3)
139 kr
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Part of the Penguin Essentials series, discover a beautifully designed edition of Evelyn Waugh's British classic featuring cover art by Jim Tierney'I knew Sebastian by sight long before I met him. That was unavoidable for, from his first week, he was the most conspicuous man of his year by reason …
Handful of Dust
Av Evelyn Waugh
Häftad, 2000
4,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
152 kr
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Evelyn Waugh's celebrated tale of decadence and social disintegration, with an introduction by Philip EadeAfter seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last is bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband, Tony. She drifts into an affair …
Little Learning
The First Volume of an Autobiography
Av Evelyn Waugh
Häftad, 1990
141 kr
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'Only when one has lost all curiosity about the future has one reached the age to write an autobiography.' Waugh begins his story with heredity, writing of the energetic, literary and sometimes eccentric men and women who, unknown to themselves, contributed to his genius. Save for a few pale …
Black Mischief
Av Evelyn Waugh
Häftad, 2000
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
152 kr
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'We are Progress and the New Age. Nothing can stand in our way.'When Oxford-educated Emperor Seth succeeds to the throne of the African state of Azania, he has a tough job on his hands. His subjects are ill-informed and unruly, and corruption, double-dealing and bloodshed are rife. However, with …
When the Going Was Good
Av Evelyn Waugh
Häftad, 1990
167 kr
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Between 1929 and 1935 Evelyn Waugh travelled widely and wrote four books about his experiences. In this collection he writes, with his customary wit and perception, about a cruise around the Mediterranean; a train trip from Djibouti to Abyssinia to attend Emperor Haile Selassie's coronation in …
En handfull stoft
Av Evelyn Waugh
Häftad, 2015
4,7 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (7)
304 kr
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Hör till de 100 bästa engelskspråkiga romanerna på 1900-talet enligt både Times Magazine & Modern Library . »I En handfull stoft triumferar Waughs cyniska ådra i skildringen av en bördsöverklass på dekis. Det avslutande partiet om hjältens öden i Brasiliens djungler rymmer dessutom en fint …
Waugh in Abyssinia
Av Evelyn Waugh
Häftad, 2000
165 kr
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A witty account of Waugh's time in Abyssinia as a war correspondentIn 1935 Italy declared war on Abyssinia and Evelyn Waugh was sent to Addis Ababa to cover the conflict. His acerbic account of the intrigue and political machinations leading up to the crisis is coupled with amusing descriptions of …
Complete Short Stories
Av Evelyn Waugh
Häftad, 2010
179 kr
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In this unique collection of short stories composed between 1910-62, Evelyn Waugh's early juvenilia are brought together with later pieces, some of which became the inspirations for his novels. 'Mr Loveday's Little Outing' is a blackly comic tale of a mental asylum and its favourite resident; …
Labels
A Mediterranean Journal
Av Evelyn Waugh
Häftad, 1995
141 kr
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Evelyn Waugh chose the name "Labels" for his first travel book because, he said, the places he visited were already "fully labelled" in people's minds. Yet even the most seasoned traveller could not fail to be inspired by his quintessentially English attitude and by his eloquent and frequently …
Brideshead Revisited
Av Evelyn Waugh
Ljudbok, 2004
100 kr
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In 1944 Captain Charles Ryder travels with a company of soldiers to Brideshead. He has been there before, and the great house serves as a potent reminder of the decadent, stylish lifestyle now destroyed by the austerity of the Second World War. Charles'' mind travels back twenty years to when he …
Play
Av Roger Parsley, Evelyn Waugh
Häftad, 1994
214 kr
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This portrait of the interweaving relationships and fortunes of a desperately charming, if eccentric, aristocratic family and their influences upon Charles Ryder has been faithfully adapted for the stage, preserving all the'sharp wit and candid social commentary of Waugh's narrative.Large flexible …
Work Suspended and Other Stories
Av Evelyn Waugh
Häftad, 2000
152 kr
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These pieces show the range of Waugh's skills: Mr Loveday's Little Outing; Cruise; Period Piece; On Guard; An Englishman's Home; Excursion in Reality; Bella Fleace Gave a Party; Winner Takes All; Work Suspended; Scott-King's Modern Europe; Basil Seal Rides Again; and Charles Ryder's Schooldays.
