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Evelyn Waugh

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Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966) was an English writer best known for his comic and satirical novels, including Decline and Fall, A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, and the Sword of Honour trilogy. He also wrote biographies, travel books, autobiography, short fiction, essays, journalism, and poetry.

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Cover of Decline and Fall

Decline and Fall

The best introduction to Waugh's early comic satire and novelistic style.

Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

A representative mature novel combining social observation, memory, religion, and lyrical prose.

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trilogy · complete

Sword of Honour

A trilogy of novels following Guy Crouchback through the Second World War.

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  1. 1 Cover of Men at Arms
    Men at Arms

    Book 1 · novel · 1952

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  2. 2 Cover of Officers and Gentlemen
    Officers and Gentlemen

    Book 2 · novel · 1955

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  3. 3 Cover of Unconditional Surrender
    Unconditional Surrender

    Book 3 · novel · 1961

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Outside the series

Bibliography by category

Novels (14)
  1. Cover of Decline and Fall
    Decline and Fall

    novel · 1928

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  2. Cover of Vile Bodies
    Vile Bodies

    novel · 1930

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  3. Cover of Black Mischief
    Black Mischief

    novel · 1932

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  4. Cover of A Handful of Dust
    A Handful of Dust

    novel · 1934

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  5. Cover of Scoop
    Scoop

    novel · 1938

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  6. Work Suspended: Two Chapters of an Unfinished Novel

    unfinished-novel · 1942

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  7. Cover of Put Out More Flags
    Put Out More Flags

    novel · 1942

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  8. Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

    novel · 1945

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  9. Scott-King's Modern Europe

    novella · 1947

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  10. Cover of The Loved One
    The Loved One

    novella · 1948

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  11. Cover of Helena
    Helena

    novel · 1950

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  12. Cover of Love Among the Ruins: A Romance of the Near Future
    Love Among the Ruins: A Romance of the Near Future

    novella · 1953

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  13. Cover of The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold: A Conversation Piece
    The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold: A Conversation Piece

    novel · 1957

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  14. Basil Seal Rides Again

    novella · 1963

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Nonfiction (12)
  1. Rossetti: His Life and Works

    biography · 1928

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  2. Labels: A Mediterranean Journal

    travel-book · 1930

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  3. Cover of Remote People
    Remote People

    travel-book · 1931

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  4. Cover of Ninety-Two Days: The Account of a Tropical Journey Through British Guiana and Part of Brazil
    Ninety-Two Days: The Account of a Tropical Journey Through British Guiana and Part of Brazil

    travel-book · 1934

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  5. Cover of Edmund Campion: Jesuit and Martyr
    Edmund Campion: Jesuit and Martyr

    biography · 1935

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  6. Cover of Waugh in Abyssinia
    Waugh in Abyssinia

    travel-book · 1936

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  7. Robbery Under Law

    travel-book · 1939

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  8. The Holy Places

    travel-book · 1952

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  9. The Life of the Right Reverend Ronald Knox

    biography · 1959

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  10. Cover of A Tourist in Africa
    A Tourist in Africa

    travel-book · 1960

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  11. Cover of A Little Learning: The First Volume of an Autobiography
    A Little Learning: The First Volume of an Autobiography

    autobiography · 1964

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  12. Cover of The Diaries of Evelyn Waugh
    The Diaries of Evelyn Waugh

    diary · 1976

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Short fiction (2)
  1. Cover of Mr Loveday's Little Outing and Other Sad Stories
    Mr Loveday's Little Outing and Other Sad Stories

    short-story-collection · 1936

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  2. Evelyn Waugh: The Complete Short Stories

    short-story-collection · 1998

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Essays and speeches (3)
  1. P.R.B.: An Essay on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood 1847-1854

    essay-pamphlet · 1926

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  2. Wine in Peace and War

    pamphlet · 1947

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  3. The Essays, Articles and Reviews of Evelyn Waugh

    essay-collection · 1983

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Other (3)
  1. Cover of The Letters of Evelyn Waugh
    The Letters of Evelyn Waugh

    letters · 1980

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  2. Evelyn Waugh, Apprentice: The Early Writings, 1910-27

    juvenilia-collection · 1985

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  3. Mr Wu and Mrs Stitch: The Letters of Evelyn Waugh and Diana Cooper

    correspondence · 1991

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