Evelyn Waugh
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A Handful of Dust
- By: Evelyn Waugh
- Narrator: Andrew Sachs
- Length: 6 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: December 11, 2012
- Language: English
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3.9(21629 ratings)
3.9
(21629 ratings)
Selected by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the century, this “absolutely delightful” novel (New York Times) movingly and comically chronicles the breakdown of a marriage and the disintegration of English society in the
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Selected by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the century, this “absolutely delightful” novel (New York Times) movingly and comically chronicles the breakdown of a marriage and the disintegration of English society in the years after World War I.
After seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last has grown bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband, Tony. She drifts into an affair with the shallow socialite John Beaver and forsakes Tony for the Belgravia set. In a novel that combines tragedy, comedy, and savage irony, Evelyn Waugh indelibly captures the irresponsible mood of the “crazy and sterile generation” between the wars.
Black Mischief
- By: Evelyn Waugh
- Narrator: Michael Maloney
- Length: 6 hours 47 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: December 11, 2012
- Language: English
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3.72(2671 ratings)
3.72
(2671 ratings)
“A hilarious and still timely tale of emerging Africa and declining England” (Time), Evelyn Waugh’s third novel helped to establish his reputation as a mater satirist. “We are Progress and the New Age. Nothing can stand in
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“A hilarious and still timely tale of emerging Africa and declining England” (Time), Evelyn Waugh’s third novel helped to establish his reputation as a mater satirist.
“We are Progress and the New Age. Nothing can stand in our way.” When Oxford-educated Emperor Seth succeeds to the throne of the African state of Azania, he has a tough job on his hands. His subjects are ill-informed and unruly, and corruption, double-dealing, and bloodshed are rife. With the aid of Minister of Modernization Basil Seal, Seth plans to introduce his people to the civilized ways of the West–but will it be as simple as that?
Profound hilarity ensues from the issuance of homemade currency, the staging of a “Birth Control Gala,” the rightful ruler’s demise at his own rather long and tiring coronation ceremonies, and a good deal more mischief.
Brideshead Revisited
- By: Evelyn Waugh
- Narrator: Jeremy Irons
- Length: 11 hours 33 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: February 11, 2020
- Language: English
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4.01(89685 ratings)
4.01
(89685 ratings)
Brideshead Revisited: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! *The wellsprings of desire and the impediments to love come brilliantly into focus in Evelyn Waugh’s masterpiece-an audiobook
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Brideshead Revisited: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! *
The wellsprings of desire and the impediments to love come brilliantly into focus in Evelyn Waugh’s masterpiece-an audiobook that immerses us in the glittering and seductive world of English aristocracy in the waning days of the empire.
Through the story of Charles Ryder’s entanglement with the Flytes, a great Catholic family, Evelyn Waugh charts the passing of the privileged world he knew in his own youth and vividly recalls the sensuous pleasures denied him by wartime austerities. At once romantic, sensuous, comic, and somber, Brideshead Revisited transcends Waugh’s early satiric explorations and reveals him to be an elegiac, lyrical novelist of the utmost feeling and lucidity.
*Booktrack is an immersive format that pairs traditional audiobook narration to complementary music. The tempo and rhythm of the score are in perfect harmony with the action and characters throughout the audiobook. Gently playing in the background, the music never overpowers or distracts from the narration, so listeners can enjoy every minute. When you purchase this Booktrack edition, you receive the exact narration as the traditional audiobook available, with the addition of music throughout.
Brideshead Revisited
- By: Evelyn Waugh
- Narrator: Jeremy Irons
- Length: 11 hours 33 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: December 11, 2012
- Language: English
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4.01(107182 ratings)
4.01
(107182 ratings)
Selected by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the century and called “Evelyn Waugh’s finest achievement” by the New York Times, Brideshead Revisited is a stunning exploration of desire, duty, and memory. Read by
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Selected by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the century and called “Evelyn Waugh’s finest achievement” by the New York Times, Brideshead Revisited is a stunning exploration of desire, duty, and memory. Read by Jeremy Irons, star of the acclaimed 1981 television series based on the novel.
The wellsprings of desire and the impediments to love come brilliantly into focus in Evelyn Waugh’s masterpiece — a novel that immerses us in the glittering and seductive world of English aristocracy in the waning days of the empire.
Through the story of Charles Ryder’s entanglement with the Flytes, a great Catholic family, Evelyn Waugh charts the passing of the privileged world he knew in his own youth and vividly recalls the sensuous pleasures denied him by wartime austerities. At once romantic, sensuous, comic, and somber, Brideshead Revisited transcends Waugh’s early satiric explorations and reveals him to be an elegiac, lyrical novelist of the utmost feeling and lucidity.
“A genuine literary masterpiece.” —Time
“Heartbreakingly beautiful…The twentieth century’s finest English novel.” —Los Angeles Times
Decline and Fall
- By: Evelyn Waugh
- Narrator: Michael Maloney
- Length: 5 hours 40 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: December 11, 2012
- Language: English
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3.84(9160 ratings)
3.84
(9160 ratings)
Evelyn Waugh’s “irresistible” first novel (New York Times) is a brilliant and hilarious satire of English school life in the 1920s. Sent down from Oxford after a wild, drunken party, Paul Pennyfeather is oddly surprised to find
Sent down from Oxford after a wild, drunken party, Paul Pennyfeather is oddly surprised to find himself qualifying for the position of schoolmaster at a boys’ private school in Wales. His colleagues are an assortment of misfits, rascals and fools, including Prendy (plagued by doubts) and Captain Grimes, who is always in the soup (or just plain drunk). Then Sports Day arrives, and with it the delectable Margot Beste-Chetwynde, floating on a scented breeze. As the farce unfolds in Evelyn Waugh’s dazzling debut as a novelist, the young run riot and no one is safe, least of all Paul.
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Evelyn Waugh’s “irresistible” first novel (New York Times) is a brilliant and hilarious satire of English school life in the 1920s.
Helena
- By: Evelyn Waugh
- Narrator: Simon Prebble
- Length: 5 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: December 11, 2012
- Language: English
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3.62(1002 ratings)
3.62
(1002 ratings)
Evelyn Waugh’s personal favorite of his novels and “a superlatively well done book” (Chicago Tribune) set in the age of Emperor Constantine. Helena is the intelligent, horse-mad daughter of a British chieftain who is thrown into
Evelyn Waugh’s personal favorite of his novels and “a superlatively well done book” (Chicago Tribune) set in the age of Emperor Constantine.
Helena is the intelligent, horse-mad daughter of a British chieftain who is thrown into marriage with the man who will one day become the Roman emperor Constantius. Leaving home for lands unknown, she spends her adulthood seeking truth in the religions, mythologies, and philosophies of the declining ancient world, and becomes initiated into Christianity just as it is recognized as the religion of the Roman Empire. Helena–a novel that Evelyn Waugh considered to be his favorite, and most ambitious, work–deftly traverses the forces of corruption, treachery, enlightenment, and political intrigue of Imperial Rome as it brings to life an inspiring heroine.
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Men At Arms
- By: Evelyn Waugh
- Narrator: Christian Rodska
- Length: 8 hours 15 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: December 11, 2012
- Language: English
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3.92(2343 ratings)
3.92
(2343 ratings)
“An eminently readable comedy of modern war” (New York Times), Men at Arms is the first novel in Evelyn Waugh’s brilliant Sword of Honor trilogy. Guy Crouchback, determined to get into the war, takes a commission in the Royal Corps
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“An eminently readable comedy of modern war” (New York Times), Men at Arms is the first novel in Evelyn Waugh’s brilliant Sword of Honor trilogy.
Guy Crouchback, determined to get into the war, takes a commission in the Royal Corps of Halberdiers. His spirits high, he sees all the trimmings but none of the action. And his first campaign, an abortive affair on the West African coastline, ends with an escapade that seriously blots his Halberdier copybook.
Men at Arms is the first novel in Waugh’s brilliant Sword of Honor trilogy recording the tumultuous wartime adventures of Guy Crouchback (“the finest work of fiction in English to emerge from World War II” —Atlantic Monthly), which also comprises Officers and Gentlemen and Unconditional Surrender.
Officers and Gentlemen
- By: Evelyn Waugh
- Narrator: Christian Rodska
- Length: 8 hours 59 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: December 11, 2012
- Language: English
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3.96(1688 ratings)
3.96
(1688 ratings)
The “wise, amusing, and beautifully written” (Commonweal) second installment in Evelyn Waugh’s masterful trilogy of World War Two novels. Fueled by idealism and eagerness to contribute to the war effort, Guy Crouchback becomes
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The “wise, amusing, and beautifully written” (Commonweal) second installment in Evelyn Waugh’s masterful trilogy of World War Two novels.
Fueled by idealism and eagerness to contribute to the war effort, Guy Crouchback becomes attached to a commando unit undergoing training on the Hebridean isle of Mugg, where the whisky flows freely and respect must be paid to the laird. But the comedy of Mugg is soon followed by the bitterness of Crete, where chaos reigns and a difficult evacuation must be accomplished.
Officers and Gentlemen is the second novel in Waugh’s brilliant Sword of Honor trilogy recording the tumultuous wartime adventures of Guy Crouchback (called “the finest work of fiction in English to emerge from World War II” by the Atlantic Monthly), which also comprises Men at Arms and Unconditional Surrender.
Put Out More Flags
- By: Evelyn Waugh
- Narrator: Michael Maloney
- Length: 5 hours 59 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: December 11, 2012
- Language: English
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3.8(1821 ratings)
3.8
(1821 ratings)
Upper-class scoundrel Basil Seal, mad, bad, and dangerous to know, creates havoc wherever he goes, much to the despair of the three women in his life-his sister, his mother, and his mistress. When Neville Chamberlain declares war on Germany, it
Upper-class scoundrel Basil Seal, mad, bad, and dangerous to know, creates havoc wherever he goes, much to the despair of the three women in his life-his sister, his mother, and his mistress. When Neville Chamberlain declares war on Germany, it seems the perfect opportunity for more action and adventure. So Basil follows the call to arms and sets forth to enjoy his finest hour-as a war hero. Basil’s instincts for self-preservation come to the fore as he insinuates himself into the Ministry of Information and a little-known section of Military Security. With Europe frozen in the “phoney war,” when will Basil’s big chance to fight finally arrive?
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Scoop
- By: Evelyn Waugh
- Narrator: Simon Cadell
- Length: 6 hours 37 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: December 11, 2012
- Language: English
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3.82(16104 ratings)
3.82
(16104 ratings)
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the century, Scoop is a “thoroughly enjoyable, uproariously funny” satire of the journalism business (New York Times). Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of the
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Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the century, Scoop is a “thoroughly enjoyable, uproariously funny” satire of the journalism business (New York Times).
Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of the Daily Beast, has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters. That is not to say he has not made the odd blunder, however, and may in a moment of weakness make another. Acting on a dinner party tip from Mrs. Algernon Stitch, Lord Copper feels convinced that he has hit on just the chap to cover a promising war in the African Republic of Ishmaelia.
So begins Scoop, Waugh’s exuberant comedy of mistaken identity and brilliantly irreverent satire of the hectic pursuit of hot news.
“Its timelessness is both hilarious and depressing.” –Seth Meyers
Sword of Honor
- By: Evelyn Waugh
- Narrator: Simon Prebble
- Length: 24 hours 34 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: December 11, 2012
- Language: English
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4.22(133 ratings)
4.22
(133 ratings)
This trilogy spanning World War II, based in part on Evelyn Waugh’s own experiences as an army officer, is the author’s surpassing achievement as a novelist. Its central character is Guy Crouchback, head of an ancient but decayed
This trilogy spanning World War II, based in part on Evelyn Waugh’s own experiences as an army officer, is the author’s surpassing achievement as a novelist. Its central character is Guy Crouchback, head of an ancient but decayed Catholic family, who at first discovers new purpose in the challenge to defend Christian values against Nazi barbarism, but then gradually finds the complexities and cruelties of war overwhelming. Though often somber, Sword of Honor is also a brilliant comedy, peopled by the fantastic figures so familiar from Waugh’s early satires. The deepest pleasures these novels afford come from observing a great satiric writer employ his gifts with extraordinary subtlety, delicacy, and human feeling, for purposes that are ultimately anything but satiric.
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Sword of Honor comprises the three acclaimed novels Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, and Unconditional Surrender.
The Complete Stories
- By: Evelyn Waugh
- Narrator: Simon Prebble
- Length: 17 hours 18 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: December 11, 2012
- Language: English
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3.99(815 ratings)
3.99
(815 ratings)
A “lavishly entertaining” (Publishers Weekly) distillation of Waugh’s genius–abundant evidence that one of the twentieth century’s most admired and enjoyed English novelists was also a master of the short form.Evelyn
A “lavishly entertaining” (Publishers Weekly) distillation of Waugh’s genius–abundant evidence that one of the twentieth century’s most admired and enjoyed English novelists was also a master of the short form.
Evelyn Waugh’s short fiction reveals in miniaturized perfection the elements that made him the greatest satirist of the twentieth century. The stories collected here range from delightfully barbed portraits of the British upper classes to an alternative ending to Waugh’s novel A Handful of Dust; from a “missing chapter” in the life of Charles Ryder, the nostalgic hero of Brideshead Revisited, to a plot-packed morality tale that Waugh composed at a very tender age; from an epistolary lark in the voice of “a young lady of leisure” to a darkly comic tale of scandal in a remote (and imaginary) African outpost.
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The Loved One
- By: Evelyn Waugh
- Narrator: Simon Prebble
- Length: 3 hours 24 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: December 11, 2012
- Language: English
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3.77(9025 ratings)
3.77
(9025 ratings)
“A work of art as rich and subtle and unnerving as anything its author has ever done” (New Yorker), The Loved One is Evelyn Waugh’s cutting satire of 1940s California and the Anglo-American cultural divide. Following the death of
Following the death of a friend, the poet and pets’ mortician Dennis Barlow finds himself entering the artificial Hollywood paradise of the Whispering Glades Memorial Park. Within its golden gates, death, American-style, is wrapped up and sold like a package holiday–and Dennis gets drawn into a bizarre love triangle with Aimee Thanatogenos, a naive Californian corpse beautician, and Mr. Joyboy, a master of the embalmer’s art. Waugh’s dark and savage satire depicts a world where reputation, love, and death cost a very great deal.
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“A work of art as rich and subtle and unnerving as anything its author has ever done” (New Yorker), The Loved One is Evelyn Waugh’s cutting satire of 1940s California and the Anglo-American cultural divide.
The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
- By: Evelyn Waugh
- Narrator: Simon Prebble
- Length: 4 hours 40 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: December 11, 2012
- Language: English
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3.46(960 ratings)
3.46
(960 ratings)
“The very model of the modern paranoid novel” (New York Times) and an ambitious work of semi-autobiographical fiction from one of England’s greatest novelists. Gilbert Pinfold is a reclusive Catholic novelist suffering from acute
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“The very model of the modern paranoid novel” (New York Times) and an ambitious work of semi-autobiographical fiction from one of England’s greatest novelists.
Gilbert Pinfold is a reclusive Catholic novelist suffering from acute inertia. In an attempt to defeat insomnia he has been imbibing an unappetizing cocktail of bromide, chloral, and creme de menthe. He books a passage on the SS Caliban and, as it cruises towards Ceylon, rapidly slips into madness.
Almost as soon as the gangplank lifts, Pinfold hears sounds coming out of the ceiling of his cabin: wild jazz bands, barking dogs, and loud revival meetings. He is convinced that an erratic public-address system is letting him hear everything that goes on aboard ship . . . until instead of just sounds he hears voices. And not just any voices. These voices are talking, in the most frighteningly intimate way, about him!
Unconditional Surrender
- By: Evelyn Waugh
- Narrator: Christian Rodska
- Length: 8 hours 19 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: December 11, 2012
- Language: English
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4.05(321 ratings)
4.05
(321 ratings)
By 1941, after serving in North Africa and Crete, Guy Crouchback has lost his Halberdier idealism. A desk job in London gives him the chance of reconciliation with his former wife. Then, in Yugoslavia, as a liaison officer with the partisans, Crouch
By 1941, after serving in North Africa and Crete, Guy Crouchback has lost his Halberdier idealism. A desk job in London gives him the chance of reconciliation with his former wife. Then, in Yugoslavia, as a liaison officer with the partisans, Crouch becomes finally and fully aware of the futility of a war he once saw in terms of honor.
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Unconditional Surrender is the third novel in Waugh’s brilliant Sword of Honor trilogy recording the tumultuous wartime adventures of Guy Crouchback (“the finest work of fiction in English to emerge from World War II”-Atlantic Monthly), which also comprises Men at Arms and Officers and Gentlemen.
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