Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead, Paperback - Paula Byrne

Reducere. Award NameLambda Literary AwardsAward categoryBisexual NonfictionA terrifically engaging and original biography of one of England's greatest noveli...

Reducere. Oferindu-si prilejul unei evadari din zilele tenebroase ale celui de-Al Doillea Razboi Mondial, Charles Ryder spune povestea domeniului Brideshead ...

Reducere. Intoarcere la Brideshead - Evelyn Waugh

Reducere. Oferindu-si prilejul unei evadari din zilele tenebroase ale celui de-Al Doillea Razboi Mondial, Charles Ryder spune povestea domeniului Brideshead ...

Charles Ryder, a lonely student at Oxford, is captivated by the outrageous and exquisitely beautiful Sebastian Flyte. Invited to Brideshead, Sebast...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age before the Second World War. It tells...

Reducere. 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 gli...

Covers correspondence of more than 22 years between two of the 20th century's most amusing and gifted writers, and provides a colourful glimpse int...

Reducere. Evelyn Waugh's short fiction reveals in miniaturized perfection the elements that made him the greatest satirist of the twentieth century. The stor...

Reducere. Nu mica i-a fost mirarea lui Paul Pennyfeather cand, dat afara de la Oxford pentru comportament indecent dupa o petrecere, s-a gasit angajat pe pos...

In 1935 Italy declared war on Abyssinia and Evelyn Waugh was sent to Addis Ababa to cover the conflict. This title captures the dilemmas and comple...

After seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last is bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of h...

Guy Crouchback, a Catholic and a gentleman is commissioned into the Royal Corps of Halberdiers during the war years 1939-45. High comedy - in the c...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. "The Loved One is not only satire at its most ferocious. It is a macabre frolic filled with laughter and ingenious devices. It is devilishly clever...

Scoop, Evelyn Waugh's bestselling comedy of England's newspaper business of the 1930s is the closest thing foreign correspondents have to a bible -...

'Captures both Barbara and her writing so miraculously' JILLY COOPER Picked as a Book to Look Forward to in 2021 by the Guardian, The Times and the...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Evelyn WaughNumber of pages: 320Collection: Penguin EssentialsPublication date: 2014Dimensions: 182 x 113 x ...

'Hollywood, we're reminded, is after all a through-the-looking glass world, and Byrne writes authoritatively about its illusions and obscene, glitt...

An inability to control his fantasies sends Gilbert Pinfold, a well-known author, cruising on a Ceylon-bound liner to recuperate. Yet, to his horro...

Reducere. 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 j...

The Empress Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, made the historic pilgrimage to Palestine, found pieces of wood from the true Cross, and built...

Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of 'The Daily Beast', has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters. Th...

Reducere. Evelyn Waugh presented his biography of St. Edmund Campion, the Elizabethan poet, scholar and gentleman who became the haunted, trapped and murdere...

Reducere. 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 emp...

O satira sclipitoare si plina de umor, un roman clasic al secolului XX.Nu mica i-a fost mirarea lui Paul Pennyfeather cand, dat afara de la Oxford ...

The Bright Young Things of twenties Mayfair, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and sophistication, exercise their inventive minds and vile bo...

In 1581 Edmund Campion, a Jesuit priest working underground in Protestant England, was found guilty of treason and hanged, drawn and quartered at T...

Set among the manicured lawns and euphemisms of Whispering Glades Memorial Park in Hollywood, this novel satirizes the American way of death and of...

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-info...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Evelyn WaughNumber of pages: 336Collection: Penguin Modern ClassicsPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 130 x 1...

Whether celebrating Hogarth or savaging Hollywood, mocking modern manners or defending traditional English architecture, inviting readers to 'come ...

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Reducere. Declin si prabusire - Evelyn Waugh

Reducere. English author Evelyn Waugh, most famous for his novel Brideshead Revisited, became a Roman Catholic in 1930. For the last decade of his life, howe...

From Evelyn Waugh, the author of beloved novels such as Brideshead Revisited, A Handful of Dust and Vile Bodies, this is the biography of Ronald Kn...

Reducere. 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 j...

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 b...

Reducere. "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. G...

Reducere. Nu mica i-a fost mirarea lui Paul Pennyfeather cand, dat afara de la Oxford pentru comportament indecent dupa o petrecere, s-a gasit angajat pe pos...

But when she realises she can't marry a man she doesn't love, she flees, with the help of her Uncle Felix, to a small town in Tropical North Queens...

Reducere. Fueled by idealism and eagerness to contribute to the war effort, Guy Crouchback becomes attached to a commando unit undergoing training on the Heb...

Reducere. "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 A...

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David Baldacci's action-packed, fantasy adventure for children: Vega Jane and the Secrets of Sorcery follows one girl's quest for freedom and truth...

Second volume of the }Sword of Honour{ trilogy. Guy Crouchback undergoes commando training on the remote Isle of Mugg.