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Monthly Archives: July 2013
Newly published: Evelyn Waugh: Fictions, Faith and Family
Evelyn Waugh: Fictions, Faith and Family, by Michael G. Brennan. From the publisher: Evelyn Waugh: Fictions, Faith and Family is a wide-ranging survey of the prolific literary career of one of the most popular English writers of the 20th century. … Continue reading
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Evelyn Waugh and Nunney
Nunney is a village near Frome in the English county of Somerset which Evelyn Waugh visited while house hunting in 1936. An article on the Visit Nunney website tells the story.
Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project launched at University of Leicester
A five-year, £800,000 project to publish a scholarly edition of the complete works of Evelyn Waugh was launched at a colloquium held July 5 – 7 at the University of Leicester. The 42-volume edition, to be published by the Oxford … Continue reading
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Lost Evelyn Waugh letters reveal thwarted love for ‘bright young thing’
From the Guardian: She was known as Teresa “Baby” Jungman, a beauty among the bohemian “bright young things” of 1920s English society, whose high-class hedonism inspired Evelyn Waugh to write Vile Bodies. She was also the unrequited love of Waugh’s … Continue reading
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Major seven-part adaptation of Sword of Honour trilogy coming to BBC Radio this year
From The Stage: A BBC awards scheme that launched the careers of actors such as Stephen Tompkinson and Richard Griffiths has named this year’s winners, with all the recipients being cast in a major seven-part adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s Sword … Continue reading
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