Evelyn Waugh

Broschiertes Buch

Decline and Fall

Beschreibung

Expelled from Oxford for indecent behaviour, Paul Pennyfeather is oddly unsurprised to find himself qualifying for the position of schoolmaster at Llanabba Castle. His colleagues are an assortment of misfits, including Prendy (plagued by doubts) and captain Grimes, who is always in the soup (or just plain drunk).

Autor

Evelyn Waugh was born in Hampstead in 1903 and educated at Hertford College, Oxford. In 1928 he published his first novel, Decline and Fall, which was soon followed by Vile Bodies (1930), Black Mischief (1932), A Handful of Dust (1934) and Scoop (1938). During these years he also travelled extensively and converted to Catholicism. In 1939 Waugh was commissioned in the Royal Marines and later transferred to the Royal Horse Guards, experiences which informed his Sword of Honour trilogy (1952-61). His most famous novel, Brideshead Revisited (1945), was written while on leave from the army. Waugh died in 1966.

Produktdetails

• Penguin Modern Classics
• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 199mm x 128mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 232g
• ISBN-13: 9780141180908
• ISBN-10: 0141180900
• Artikelnr.: 21474583