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Evelyn Waugh

Evelyn Waugh

BritishOctober 28, 1903 – April 10, 1966Satirical Novel

Evelyn Waugh was a British satirical novelist whose savage comedies of English upper-class life are considered masterworks of the form. Scoop, Decline and Fall, and Vile Bodies established his reputation for brilliant social satire edged with genuine malice.

Works

  • Decline and FallSatire following a schoolmaster's catastrophic decline in fortune→
  • Vile BodiesSatire of post-war London society's wild excess and frivolity→
  • A Handful of DustNovel of an English family's tragic dissolution in tropical captivity→
  • Brideshead RevisitedNovel exploring forbidden love, faith, and guilt in a wealthy family→
  • Sword of HonourTrilogy of World War Two novels examining military and moral duty→
  • ScoopSatirical novel of incompetent journalism and international diplomacy→

Related

P. G. Wodehouse·Aldous Huxley·Graham Greene·Kingsley Amis·David Lodge·Anthony Powell
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