July 2011
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“And marry her he did, without her mother’s knowledge. At noon on June 27, 1928,...”
– “The Same Man: George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh in Love and War” - David Lebedoff (via bloggingthebookshelf)
Jul 1st
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“Not everyone grows to be old, but everyone has been younger than he is now.”
– Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966)
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June 2011
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“There are two meanings to the word “sensitive”: “highly perceptive” and “easily...”
– “The Same Man: George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh in Love and War” - David Lebedoff (via bloggingthebookshelf)
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“Literature is the right use of language irrespective of the subject or reason of...”
– from Evelyn Waugh. Essays, Articles and Reviews of Evelyn Waugh (1983) (HT Anecdotal Evidence)
Jun 30th
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A dramatic adaptation by Christina Drollas of Brideshead Revisited opens at the Corpus Christi College Auditorium in Oxford on Tuesday, June 14th. Tickets. Sarah Gashi provides a preview in The Oxford Student. Christina Drollas’ adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited looks all set to be a nuanced and polished set of performances, with just a few creases to iron out before opening...
Jun 29th
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“Penelope [Betjeman] knew how to cope with the childish games of her...”
– The Brideshead Generation by Humphrey Carpenter
Jun 29th
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“Waugh says he ‘did not greatly like’ Murray [the model for Basil...”
– The Brideshead Generation by Humphrey Carpenter
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Jun 27th
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moonbeams-kiss-the-sea: Ive been listening to Brideshead Revisited (audiobook). I’m enjoying it but whenever they mention the character Sebastian (Flyte) all I can think of is Seb, its quite disconcerting.. (Sorry but I had to make this, its pretty crap quality but I couldnt resist) 
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“A message arrived with the news that Randolph Churchill had personally requested...”
– Mad World by Paula Byrne
Jun 26th
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“[In summer 1944 Evelyn Waugh] was shaken by the advent of the new flying bombs...”
– Mad World by Paula Byrne
Jun 26th
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“‘I think perhaps it is the first of my novels rather than the last,’...”
– Mad World by Paula Byrne
Jun 26th
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“On D-Day, Tuesday 6 June [1944], he brought the book to its climax: ‘This...”
– Mad World by Paula Byrne
Jun 26th
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“[In May 1944 Evelyn Waugh] returned to Chagford, struggling with ‘a very...”
– Mad World by Paula Byrne
Jun 26th
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Jun 25th
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“My Magnum Opus is turning into a jeroboam. I have written 62,000 words.”
– Evelyn Waugh, March 1944, about Brideshead Revisited [via Paula Byrne’s Mad World]
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“[Evelyn Waugh] wrote to Coote on 23 March [1944], telling her about his novel:...”
– Mad World by Paula Byrne
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“Unusually for him, he [Evelyn Waugh] revised as he went along. […]...”
– Mad World by Paula Byrne
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Jun 25th
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