Evelyn Waugh

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....

Evelyn Waugh's 1934 novel is a bitingly funny vision of aristocratic decadence in England between the wars....

Set on the fictional African island of Azania, the novel chronicles the efforts of Emperor Seth, assisted by the Englishman Basil Seal, to modernize his kingdom....

Expelled from Oxford for indecent behaviour, Paul Pennyfeather is oddly unsurprised to find himself qualifying for the position of schoolmaster at Llanabba Castle....

Undergoing training on the Isle of Mugg, Guy Crouchback is now attached to a commando unit where the ministry whisky flows freely....

Basil's contribution to the war effort involves the use of his peculiar talents in such spheres of opportunity as the Ministry of Information....

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....

Der britische Klassiker des feinen Humors. Der kauzige William Boot schreibt seine wöchentliche Kolumne über Natur und Landleben für eine...

Guy Crouchback has lost his Halberdier idealism. A desk job in London gives him the chance of reconciliation with his former wife....

Guy Crouchback, determined to get into the war, takes a commission in the Royal Corps of Halberdiers....

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

Set in England between the wars, the novel examines the frenetic but empty lives of the Bright Young Things, young people who indulge in constant party-going and heavy drinking....