Brideshead Revisited

by Waugh, Evelyn

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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Chapman and Hall first published Brideshead Revisited in 1945. First editions have no additional printings listed and have sold for upwards of $22,000.

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Little, Brown of Boston published the first US edition of Brideshead Revisited in 1945. The red cloth-bound edition has sold for upwards of $11,000.

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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1946. First American trade edition of Waugh's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket drawing by Lester M. Peterson.   "Waugh's most deeply felt novel. Brideshead Revisited tells an absorbing story in imaginative terms... Mr. Waugh is very definitely an artist, with something like a genius for precision… Read more about this item
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New York: Little Brown and Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1945. First American Edition. Hardcover. The book is tightly bound, the boards are clean ; top edge greyed page edges browned. The dust jacket is worn to the extremities, the back is grubby and marked. The boards of the hardback are grey. The condition of … Read more about this item
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London: Chapman & Hall Ltd,, 1945. O God, make me good, but not yet First trade edition, first impression, of Waugh's most enduring novel, in a well-preserved example of the notoriously fragile jacket produced to war economy standards. Waugh himself repeatedly referred to this novel as his magnum opus. Brideshead Revisited was written from January to June 1944, while… Read more about this item
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Arcturus, 2018. Trade Paperback. New. New, May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. 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… Read more about this item
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