Bibliograph

The complete stories, Evelyn Waugh

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The complete stories, Evelyn Waugh

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

short stories

Main title

The complete stories

Oclc number

809834838

Responsibility statement

Evelyn Waugh

Summary

"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 class 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. The Complete Stories is a dazzling 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."--Jacket

Table Of Contents

The balance -- A house of gentlefolks -- The manager of "The Kremlin" -- Love in the slump -- Too much tolerance -- Excursion in Reality -- Incident in Azania -- Bella Fleace gave a party -- Cruise -- The man who liked Dickens -- out of depth -- By special request -- Period piece -- On guard -- Mr. Loveday's little outing -- Winner takes all -- An Englishman's home -- The sympathetic passenger -- Work suspended -- Charles Ryder's schooldays -- Scott-King's modern Europe -- Tactical exercise -- Compassion -- Love among the ruins -- Basil Seal rides again

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