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Category Archives: Fiction
BBC Radio 4 discussion of Decline and Fall
On Feb. 21, on the BBC Radio 4 program In Our Time, David Bradshaw (Professor of English Literature at Worcester College, Oxford), John Bowen (Professor of Nineteenth-Century Literature at the University of York) and Ann Pasternak Slater (Senior Research Fellow at … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Discussions, Fiction, Radio Programs
Tagged Ann Pasternak Slater, BBC, David Bradshaw, In Our Time, John Bowen, Melvyn Bragg, Radio 4
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New Evelyn Waugh paperback, hardback, e-book, and audiobook editions published by Little, Brown & Hachette
On December 11, Little, Brown reissued the works of fiction of Evelyn Waugh in both paperback, hardback, and e-book formats (e-book link is to Amazon Kindle editions). Waugh’s books were last reissued by Little, Brown in 1999. Hachette Audio is … Continue reading
Posted in Audiobooks, E-books, Evelyn Waugh, Fiction, Miscellaneous
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Winner announced of 2011 Evelyn Waugh Undergraduate Essay Contest
The Evelyn Waugh Society is pleased to announce the winner of the seventh (2011) annual Evelyn Waugh Undergraduate Essay Contest. Congratulations to Robert Sherron, whose essay “Guy’s Qualitative Journey towards True Vocation in Sword of Honour” was judged to be … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh Society, Sword of Honour, Undergraduate Essay Contest
Tagged Robert Sherron
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The Royal College of Psychiatrists and Waugh/Pinfold
On the website of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, in a section devoted to books that have a mental health theme, Dr. Alexandra Pitman reviews The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold: Both author and protagonist describe alcoholic hallucinosis – a relatively rare complication … Continue reading
Maugham, Ford, Waugh, and the experience of war
In The Spectator‘s Book Blog, Steven McGregor discusses Somerset Maugham’s The Hero, Ford Madox Ford’s Parade’s End, and Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honour Trilogy in the light of the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. In a follow-up post, David … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Fiction, Sword of Honour
Tagged Afghanistan, David Blackburn, Ford Madox Ford, Iraq, Parade's End, Somerset Maugham, Spectator, Steven McGregor, The Hero
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Party like it’s 1929: Vile Bodies at the V&A
This Friday, Feb. 24th, as part of its Friday Late series, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London is putting on an evening of entertainment with the theme of Bright Young Things. Included in the program is a theater adaptation … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Events, Theater, Vile Bodies
Tagged London, V&A
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Brideshead vs. Downton
Alexander Nazaryan in the New York Daily News gives the crown to Brideshead.
Posted in Brideshead Revisited
Tagged Alexander Nazaryan, articles, Downton Abbey, New York Daily News
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Paul Johnson: Novelists at Arms
Paul Johnson in Standpoint magazine surveys novels and novelists of the Second World War, including James Jones, Norman Mailer, Olivia Manning, Anthony Powell, and Evelyn Waugh: It is a mistake, in my view, to hold a popularity contest between A … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous, Sword of Honour
Tagged Anthony Powell, James Jones, Norman Mailer, Olivia Manning, Second World War, Standpoint, WWII
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Plas Dulas to be demolished
From the North Wales Weekly News (Nov. 10, 2011): Plas Dulas, which dates back to the 1780s, will make way for a housing development following a unanimous decision by Conwy County Council planners yesterday. Developer Alex Davies was granted permission … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Locations, Wales
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