Evelyn Waugh

bestselling book, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh portrays the Catholic religion in several different lights. Some of the characters are faithful Catholics who adhere strictly to the law and letter of Catholicism. Others find the Catholicism restrictive and quickly discard it as “old-fashioned”. While some parts of the book are clearly Catholic, others are not as apparent and could even be perceived as anti-Catholic. However, beneath the overarching storyline, Waugh illustrates the Communion of Saints

A Handful of Dust, written by Evelyn Waugh, centers on the life of Anthony Last. Specifically, on his relationships with others and how those affiliations affect him, both positively and negatively. The novel focuses on themes such as adultery and its effect on others, wealth and its effect on society and class, and morality and its effect on humans. Published in 1934, it quickly establishes itself as a satire, having comedic, tragic, and bitter tones that create the appropriate atmosphere. The story

1) To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee 2) 1984 by George Orwell 3) The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy by J.R.R Tolkien 4) The Catcher In The Rye by J.D Sallinger 5) The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald 6) The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe by C.S Lewis 7) Lord Of The Flies by William Golding 8) Animal Farm by George Orwell 9) Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 10) The Grapes Of Wrath by John Steinbeck 11) Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell 12) Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut 13) Lolita by Vladimir

Devotion and compassion toward one another, a core reason why many relationships these days work out and last a lifetime. Trusting someone is essential and basically the backbone to all relationships. Evelyn Waugh's A Handful of Dust is a satirical novel that involves the story of Tony Last and his wife, Lady Brenda. Tony is more in love with his house, Hetton Abbey, than with his wife. Brenda, bored with Tony and his apparent desire to live in the past, being the lord of the manor type of person

societies which they are set in.     We are introduced to both novels in the 1920s elite society where both authors; Waugh and Fitzgerald are from an upper class society. Fitzgerald cultivates the character Jay Gatsby who we perceive purely from Nick who is an onlooker throughout the novella. Readers interpret Gatsby’s social structure as a triangle and we learn to commiserate him whereas Waugh invents the character Paul Pennyfeather who is a naïve, passive character and is in the structure of a circle

treatment objects. Works Cited Gilman, C. P. The Yellow Wallpaper. Literature: The Human Experience. 9th ed. Ed.Abcarian, R. and Klotz, M Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2007, 729-741. Post, S. L. “His and Hers: Mental Breakdown as Depicted by Evelyn Waugh and Charlotte Scott, H. “Crazed Nature: Ecology in “The Yellow Wall-Paper”.” TheExplicator. 67.3(2009): 198-203. Rottenberg, Jonathan. The Depths: The evolutionary origins of the depression epidemic. Basic Books, 2014. Aiken, Cara. Surviving

Romanticism is a term which is difficult to define. According to Marilyn Butler “English Romanticism is impossible to define with historical precision because the term itself is historically unsound. It is now applied to English writers of the first quarter of the nineteenth century, who did not think of themselves as Romantics. Instead they divided themselves by literary precept and by ideology into several distinct groups, dubbed by their opponents "Lakeists," "Cockneys," Satanists," Scotsmen”

The theme of religion pervades Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited as scenes of God, sacraments, and grace occur frequently in the story. By contrast, the theme of secularism also penetrates into the core of the novel as lust, gluttony, and desecration appear constantly in the story. Sebastian, Lord Marchmain, Charles, and Rex are all main characters in the novel who have struggled between morality and sins. Even though Sebastian was born in a Catholic family, he is extremely secular in his way

Graham Greene is one of the most widespread writers of the 20th century and is additionally undeniably one of the best novelists from his time. With almost all his novels being created into films, this amazing author had introduced a brand new form of writing to the world. He was born on October 2nd, 1904 in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. The fourth of six children, he was a shy and sensitive while young. He disliked sports and didn’t go to school often in order to read adventure stories by authors

His education led him to read the novel Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh. This book inspired him to become the great literary figure that he was. He began his career in 1967 when he published the Chosen. This novel was the first book to portray Orthodox Judaism in the United States. The publication of the Chosen established