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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 welcome the attentions of its eccentric, aristocratic inhabitants, gradually becoming infatuated with them and the life of privilege the inhabit--in particular, with Sebastian's remote sister Julia. But he gradually comes to recognize his spiritual and social distance from them, eventually discovering a world where duty and desire, faith and happiness are in conflict.
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Penguin Modern Classics: Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
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- Released
- 2003
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Evelyn Waugh
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 2003
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 331
- ISBN10
- 0141187476
- ISBN13
- 9780141187471
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, True Stories, Humor, Classics, Love, Family, Women, Friendship, LGBTQ+, Military Fiction, Wars, World War II, British Literature, 20th century, Gifts for women, Society, Africa, England, Great Britain, Adapted for Film, English Literature, Memories, Aristocracy, nobility, Colonialism, 1st Half of the 20th Century, Oxford, Ethiopia, British Empire, Steamers, Family Residence
- First published
- 1945
- Original title
- Brideshead Revisited
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- 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 welcome the attentions of its eccentric, aristocratic inhabitants, gradually becoming infatuated with them and the life of privilege the inhabit--in particular, with Sebastian's remote sister Julia. But he gradually comes to recognize his spiritual and social distance from them, eventually discovering a world where duty and desire, faith and happiness are in conflict.