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Decline and Fall

By Evelyn Waugh

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| Paperback | 9780316926072

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Book Description

1928. English writer, regarded by many as the leading satirical novelist of his day. Among Waugh's most popular books is Brideshead Revisited. Waugh established his literary reputation with this novel, Decline and Fall, an episodic story of the hilarious misadventures of Paul Pennyfeather, whose fecContinue

2 Reviews

Evelyn Wilde

There's little to be said about this really. It's a rather humorous novel in a similar style to Oscar Wilde. It has quite an odd plot, if you can call it that. It's more like a series of events held together by a central character, in order to satirise education, social classes, and prison.
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There's little to be said about this really. It's a rather humorous novel in a similar style to Oscar Wilde. It has quite an odd plot, if you can call it that. It's more like a series of events held together by a central character, in order to satirise education, social classes, and prison.
Anyway, it is quite funny, and well written. It's also only a couple of hundred pages, and easy going, so you'll finish it in just a few hours. The (not-so) subtle references to the Bullingdon Club and Dartmoor Prison make it even more enjoyable.

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