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Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

by Waugh, Evelyn

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Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1945. First American BC Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 7 3/4" X 5 1/2. Lester M. Peterson (Jacket). The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder. A love story and an, " illuminating presentation of the modern conflict between religion and divorce." 351 pp. Book has red boards with black text and decoration (broken column) on front and spine. Spine ends are rubbed, with a triangular sunned patch at head where DJ was chipped, some ink scribbling on bottom edge, corners very slightly scuffed, some faint blue marks that look like erasures on ffep, half title page, pp. 5 &11, some foxing. No publisher's colophon on rear panel to indicate BCE. Unpriced DJ has scotch tape repairs, chipping at spine ends, worn extremities. Book is tight and square. A classic!! Digital images available on request. Bookseller's Inventory # 133451.

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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's Inventory #
003451
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 - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First American BC Edition
Publisher
Little Brown and Company
Place of Publication
Boston
Date Published
1945
Size
7 3/4" X 5 1/2

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