Brideshead Revisited

by Evelyn Waugh
List(s):"Racine Library List"
Category: "Fiction - General"
Pages:351
Year of Publication:1945
Notes:According to Waugh, a convert to Roman Catholicism, the novel was intended to show "the operation of divine grace" in the affairs of a particular group of people. This is revealed through the story of the wealthy Roman Catholic Marchmain family as told by Charles Ryder, a friend of the family. Despite the seeming indifference to, or outright repudiation of, the church by various members of the family, particularly Lord Marchmain, his daughter Julia, and his son Sebastian, by the end of the novel each has shown some sign of acceptance of the faith.
My Rating: 2

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Review - Brideshead Revisited

I always give books 50 pages to grab me before I give up on them. I gave this book exactly 50 pages. It not only didn't grab me, it repelled me.

The first 50 pages were about several lazy, worthless Oxford students who get drunk and discuss each other's disgusting vices. It's supposed to be a satire about a rich family's loss of faith in the Catholic church, but that's a subject that doesn't interest me, and I didn't like any of the characters.

Waugh is supposed to be a very funny writer, but he failed to amuse me at all.

Reviewed by Roger on 2003-11-28 11:48:19

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