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Category Archives: Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead First Exceeds Estimate
The first edition of Brideshead Revisited inscribed by Waugh to Deborah Devonshire (nee Mitford) and her husband Andrew sold today at auction for £52,500 ($78,400). According to one report, this was more than double the estimate. The identity of the … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Brideshead Revisited, First Editions
Tagged Deborah Devonshire Estate
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Renishaw Reviewed
The current issue of the New Criterion carries a review of Renishaw Hall: The Story of the Sitwells by Desmond Seward. The review by Brooke Allen notes the importance of the Sitwells and their house to Evelyn Waugh: According to … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Essays, Articles & Reviews
Tagged Brooke Allen, Desmond Seward, Renishaw Hall, The Sitwells
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Brideshead Cover Art on Display
A Roman Catholic quarterly literary magazine (Dappled Things) has kindly posted the cover art from copies of Brideshead Revisited dating back to the first editions. It does not claim to be complete and does not include any foreign language editions. … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Collections, First Editions
Tagged cover art, Dappled Things
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Waugh’s Chapels
A traditionalist Roman Catholic blogger has posted a short entry on the connections between the fictional chapel described at Brideshead Castle in Waugh’s novel and the actual chapel at Madresfield Court. The connection between these chapels is well known and … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism
Tagged Dorothy Lygon, Madresfield Court
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Joyce Maynard Lists Waugh Book Among Favorites
In The Week magazine, journalist and novelist Joyce Maynard lists Brideshead Revisited among her six favorite books. Maynard is probably best known for her 1992 novel To Die For, which was made into a film, and her 1998 memoir At Home in … Continue reading
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Tagged Joyce Maynard, The Week
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Waugh Removed from Time Magazine Top Women Author List
Earlier today Evelyn Waugh was trending on Twitter as readers noticed that he was included on Time magazine’s list of the top 100 women authors compiled from an analysis of college syllabuses. The New York Observer story illustrates Waugh’s original listing … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Scoop, The Loved One, Twitter
Tagged New York Observer, Time magazine, top 100 women authors
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Evelyn Waugh, Wine Writer
A wine blog called wineanorak has posted a profile of the wine writings of novelist Jay McInerney, best known as the author of Bright Lights, Big City (1984). Among those who McInerney identifies as having influenced his wine writing are Norman Mailer, Ernest … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Miscellaneous
Tagged Jay McInerney, Wine
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Decline of the Anglo-Novella
Blogger and retired PR executive Gary Holmes has posted an essay comparing the British TV series Brideshead Revisited and Downton Abbey. Brideshead comes out much the better of the two on several counts, leading Holmes to conclude that what he calls … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Television
Tagged Downton Abbey, Gary Holmes
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Boris, Winston, Brendan, Rex and Waugh
In a recent Spectator blog, Nick Cohen takes Boris Johnson to task for his adoption of an exit EU strategy. Cohen sees this as nothing more than a cynical move by Boris to take over leadership of the Conservative Party. He … Continue reading
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Tagged Boris Johnson, Brendan Bracken, Nick Cohen, Spectator, Winston Churchill
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