Evelyn Waugh
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Decline and Fall is a novel by the English author Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1928. It was Waugh's first published novel; an earlier attempt, titled The Temple at Thatch, was destroyed by Waugh while still in manuscript form. Decline and Fall is based, in part, on Waugh's schooldays at Lancing College, undergraduate years at Hertford College, Oxford, and his experience as a teacher at Arnold House in north Wales. It is a social satire that employs...
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Living in northern Italy and still recovering from his failed marriage when war in Europe becomes a certainty, Guy Crouchback hurries home for England. Despite his father's suggestions that a desk job might be more fitting for a man his age, idealist Guy joins an elite fighting force, the Royal Corps of Halberdiers, an experience that opens his eyes to the true nature of high command. As Guy begins his military career, his ex-wife reappears in London....
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Now with the commandos on Crete in a rapidly deteriorating situation, Guy takes over when Major "Fido" Housnd cracks under the pressure and bolts. After barely escaping Crete alive and suffering another mishap on the way home, Guy convalesces in London, where Virginia asks him to help her out of a tight spot. Sent to Croatia as part of the British mission to the partisans, Guy sees clearly the injustices carried out on all sides. Jewish refugees stuck...
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Three critically-acclaimed British romances featuring talented casts. In Becoming Jane, a dashing young man offends an emerging writer's sense and sensibility. In Brideshead Revisited, Charles Ryder is invited to a charming aristocrat's estate where he is seduced by the opulent lifestyle. In Jane Eyre, Jane finds herself in a passionate romance with a handsome, yet mysterious, gentleman.