Charles Ryder, a lonely student at Oxford, is captivated by the outrageous and decadent Sebastian Flyte. Invited to Brideshead, Sebastian's magnificent family home, Charles welcomes the attentions of its eccentric, artistic inhabitants the Marchmains, becoming infatuated with them and the life of privilege they inhabit - in particular, with Sebastian's remote sister, Julia. But, as duty and desire, faith and happiness come into conflict, and the Marchmains struggle to find their place in a changing world, Charles eventually comes to recognize his spiritual and social distance from them.
Harry Brockway Book order (chronological)



Crime and Punishment
- 434 pages
- 16 hours of reading
The story of an impoverished Russion student's murder of a miserly landlady and its repercussions on his life and his family
The story of a man, Elzeard Bouffier, who planted trees on land which was dying because of a lack of vegetation__