Brideshead Revisited

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• Oxford wastrels

  It is curious that a novel about a group of deeply awful people should still fascinate. These Oxford wastrels - Sebastian Flyte, his ridiculous teddy bear and his effete hangers-on - are truly distasteful, yet the story enmeshes the listener. With th ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

• Brideshead Revisited

  Yes, I too preferred the 1981 BBC TV version with Jeremy Irons as Charles Ryder to last year's silly movie. The BBC's 1981 audio, read by Irons, unabridged and re-packaged, has been re-released, but for once I'm going to recommend this CSA Word abrid ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

5 Reviews

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  Brideshead Revisited.

  A true masterpiece.
  Charles, Sebastian and Julia are some of the most finely sketched character ever created.
  Brideshead holds a magnetic power hard to escape, both to the protagonist and to us.

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  Cecilia M. said on Jul 12, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Saw the BBC series of this when I was growing up, but never read the book. In retrospect the TV series was a very accurate representation of the book, and the images from it haunted me throughout my reading.

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  peripatetic said on Nov 10, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

• Unfortunately, I can't connect with this author's style at this point of my life. I will give it a try at some other point.

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  ariadna73 said on Jan 27, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

• One of my favourite.

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  Annabella Fu said on Jul 23, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  Mostly good...

  Really enjoyed the first 2/3 of the book, which compared well to the best F. Scott Fitzgerald works. But the religious conflict in the final third was dull and involved a lot of fatuous dialogue.

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  keithlaw said on Sep 11, 2006 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Hardcover 351 Pages
• Edition: 2
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
• Pub date: Jan 01, 1944
• Also available as: Paperback, Audio CD, Audio Cassette and Others
• In other languages: other languages Libros en Español

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