Category Archives: Evelyn Waugh

Italian Version of A Little Learning

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Jeffrey Manley

Evelyn Waugh’s autobiography A Little Learning will come out in an Italian edition next week. This is entitled  Autobiografia di un perdigiorno (Autobiography of an Idler).  Here is a translated excerpt of a review in Il Giornali by Stenio Solinas … Continue reading →

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Pre-Valentine Roundup

Posted on February 10, 2021 by Jeffrey Manley

–The Spanish newspaper El Periodico announces the issuance of a Catalan translation of Brideshead Revisited; Sebastian and Charles burst into the kitchen, in love like penguins, to share in the bombshell news that Viena Edicions has just published in Catalan … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Brideshead to Bridgerton

Posted on January 28, 2021 by Jeffrey Manley

–A new Netflix serial “Bridgerton” has been compared in several papers to Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited and its film and TV adaptations. Here an excerpt from the Bloomsberg News: … “Bridgerton” is a sly and sexy Netflix Inc. series set … Continue reading →

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Vile Bodies Artifact Posted on Etsy

Posted on January 23, 2021 by Jeffrey Manley

A theatre programme from the 1932 London stage production of Vile Bodies was recently posted for sale on etsy.com. Here’s the description: This is a very rare survivor – and indeed so much so that I am unable to find … Continue reading →

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Unloved in LA

Posted on January 20, 2021 by Jeffrey Manley

William Cash has written a feature length article in the Catholic Herald that provides some new insights into Evelyn Waugh’s 1947 trip to Hollywood. The trip combined an effort to agree film rights with MGM for Brideshead Revisited as well … Continue reading →

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MLK Weekend Roundup

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Jeffrey Manley

—The Tablet has posted an excerpt from Waugh’s novel Helena in recognition of both the Christmas season and the recent publication of that novel as the latest addition (vol. 11) to the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh. Here’s the introduction … Continue reading →

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Sword of Honour Reviewed in Italy (More)

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Jeffrey Manley

Luca Fumagalli has completed his review of Sword of Honour with two installments in subsequent postings on Radio Spada.  See previous post for volume 1. The review and summary of second volume Officers and Gentlemen (Ufficiale e Gentiluomini in Italian) … Continue reading →

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Another Brideshead Anniversary

Posted on January 2, 2021 by Jeffrey Manley

This month marks the 75th anniversary of the publication of Brideshead Revisited in America in book format. A serialized version had been issued in four installments in November 1944-February 1945 in Town & Country magazine published in New York. The … Continue reading →

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Sword of Honour Reviewed in Italy

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

The Italian language religious newspaper Radio Spada has started what will apparently be a multi-article review of Waugh’s war trilogy. This is written by Luca Fumagalli who has written previously in Italian on Waugh’s work. See previous posts. An edited … Continue reading →

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Year’s End Roundup

Posted on December 29, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–Writing in The Critic, Clive Aslet discusses the decision of the Tate Gallery to close its restaurant in response to its designation as “racist” conferred on the mural of Rex Whistler, which decorates its restaurant. See earlier post. Aslet puts … Continue reading →

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