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Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
Category: Fiction
Here, the bright young things of Mayfair exercise their inventive minds and "vile bodies" in every kind of capricious escapade. Teetering on the brink of the preposterous, the plot is an adroit jigsaw of comic situations involving a vivid assortment of characters.
Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
Category: Fiction
Evelyn Waugh's second novel, "Vile Bodies" is his tribute to London's smart set. It introduces us to society as it used to be but that now is gone forever, and probably for good.
Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
Category: Fiction
Part of the fabulous new hardback library of 24 Evelyn Waugh books, publishing in chronological order over the coming year. The books have an elegant new jacket and text design. In the years following the First World War a new generation emerges, wistful and vulnerable beneath the glitter. The Bright Yo ...Show more
Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
Category: Fiction
Evelyn Waugh's acidly funny and formally daring satire, Vile Bodies reveals the darkness and vulnerability that lurks beneath the glittering surface of the high life. In the years following the First World War a new generation emerges, wistful and vulnerable beneath the glitter. The Bright Young Things ...Show more
Vile Bodies: Popular Penguins by Evelyn Waugh
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins
In 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 sophistication, exercise their hedonistic whims and vile bodies in every kind of capricious escapade. ...Show more
WAUGH IN ABYSSINIA by WAUGH EVELYN
Category: Travel | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
A witty account of Waugh's time in Abyssinia as a war correspondent In 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 the ...Show more
WORK SUSPENDED & OTHER STORIES by WAUGH EVELYN
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
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.
Waugh Abroad: Collected Travel Writ by Evelyn Waugh
Category: Travel Literature
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) Thirty years' worth of Evelyn Waugh's inimitable travel writings have been gathered together for the first time in one volume. Waugh's accounts of his travels-spanning the years from 1929 to 1958-describe journeys through the West Indies, Mexico, South America, the Holy La ...Show more
Waugh in Abyssinia by Evelyn Waugh
Category: Fiction
In 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 the often bizarre and seldom straightforward life of a war correspondent ...Show more
When the Going Was Good by Evelyn Waugh
Category: Travel
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 1930; his ...Show more