This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including the pitfalls of modern life and the sources of inspiration Waugh drew upon. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear...
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Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh (Book Analysis)
Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh (Book Analysis)
Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
978280801274456EBookPlurilingua PublishingThis practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including the pitfalls of modern life and the sources of inspiration Waugh drew upon. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.
This clear and detailed 56-page reading guide is structured as follows:
Biography of Evelyn Waugh
Presentation of Decline and Fall
Summary of Decline and Fall
Character study
Paul Pennyfeather
Captain Grimes
Mr Prendergast
Solomon Philbrick
Margot Beste-Chetwynde
Otto Friedrich Silenus
Peter Beste-Chetwynde
Dr Augustus Fagan
Sir Alastair Digby-Vane-Trumpington
Arthur Potts
Mr Sebastian Cholmondley
Sir Humphrey Maltravers
Sir Wilfred Lucas-Dockery
Florence Fagan (Flossie)
Diana Fagan (Dingy)
Lord Tangent
Analysis of Decline and Fall
“Unsuited to modern requirements”
An original masterpiece
Perfect mingling of realism and fantasy
About Decline and Fall
Decline and Fall was Evelyn Waugh’s first novel, and tells the story of Paul Pennyfeather, a hapless young man who is expelled from Oxford after a run-in with the hedonistic Bollinger Club, and is therefore unexpectedly forced to take a job as a schoolmaster in Wales. During his time there, he falls in love with Margot Beste-Chetwynde, a glamorous socialite and the mother of one of his students, which leads to a series of mishaps and mistakes that eventually see him imprisoned for inadvertently getting involved in human trafficking.
About Evelyn Waugh
Evelyn Waugh was a British writer who also worked as a journalist and served in the British armed forces during the Second World War. After studying at Oxford University and briefly working as a schoolmaster, he turned his hand to writing and produced a number of novels which are typically characterised by their sharp wit and incisive portrayal of the interwar period. Waugh was also an ardent traditionalist who frequently expressed his dislike of the modern world. He died on Easter Sunday in 1966.This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including the pitfalls of modern life and the sources of inspiration Waugh drew upon. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.
This clear and detailed 56-page reading guide is structured as follows:
Biography of Evelyn Waugh
Presentation of Decline and Fall
Summary of Decline and Fall
Character study
Paul Pennyfeather
Captain Grimes
Mr Prendergast
Solomon Philbrick
Margot Beste-Chetwynde
Otto Friedrich Silenus
Peter Beste-Chetwynde
Dr Augustus Fagan
Sir Alastair Digby-Vane-Trumpington
Arthur Potts
Mr Sebastian Cholmondley
Sir Humphrey Maltravers
Sir Wilfred Lucas-Dockery
Florence Fagan (Flossie)
Diana Fagan (Dingy)
Lord Tangent
Analysis of Decline and Fall
“Unsuited to modern requirements”
An original masterpiece
Perfect mingling of realism and fantasy
About Decline and Fall
Decline and Fall was Evelyn Waugh’s first novel, and tells the story of Paul Pennyfeather, a hapless young man who is expelled from Oxford after a run-in with the hedonistic Bollinger Club, and is therefore unexpectedly forced to take a job as a schoolmaster in Wales. During his time there, he falls in love with Margot Beste-Chetwynde, a glamorous socialite and the mother of one of his students, which leads to a series of mishaps and mistakes that eventually see him imprisoned for inadvertently getting involved in human trafficking.
About Evelyn Waugh
Evelyn Waugh was a British writer who also worked as a journalist and served in the British armed forces during the Second World War. After studying at Oxford University and briefly working as a schoolmaster, he turned his hand to writing and produced a number of novels which are typically characterised by their sharp wit and incisive portrayal of the interwar period. Waugh was also an ardent traditionalist who frequently expressed his dislike of the modern world. He died on Easter Sunday in 1966.application/pdf1
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This clear and detailed 56-page reading guide is structured as follows:
- Biography of Evelyn Waugh
- Presentation of Decline and Fall
- Summary of Decline and Fall
- Character study
- Paul Pennyfeather
- Captain Grimes
- Mr Prendergast
- Solomon Philbrick
- Margot Beste-Chetwynde
- Otto Friedrich Silenus
- Peter Beste-Chetwynde
- Dr Augustus Fagan
- Sir Alastair Digby-Vane-Trumpington
- Arthur Potts
- Mr Sebastian Cholmondley
- Sir Humphrey Maltravers
- Sir Wilfred Lucas-Dockery
- Florence Fagan (Flossie)
- Diana Fagan (Dingy)
- Lord Tangent
- Analysis of Decline and Fall
- “Unsuited to modern requirements”
- An original masterpiece
- Perfect mingling of realism and fantasy
About Decline and Fall
Decline and Fall was Evelyn Waugh’s first novel, and tells the story of Paul Pennyfeather, a hapless young man who is expelled from Oxford after a run-in with the hedonistic Bollinger Club, and is therefore unexpectedly forced to take a job as a schoolmaster in Wales. During his time there, he falls in love with Margot Beste-Chetwynde, a glamorous socialite and the mother of one of his students, which leads to a series of mishaps and mistakes that eventually see him imprisoned for inadvertently getting involved in human trafficking.
About Evelyn Waugh
Evelyn Waugh was a British writer who also worked as a journalist and served in the British armed forces during the Second World War. After studying at Oxford University and briefly working as a schoolmaster, he turned his hand to writing and produced a number of novels which are typically characterised by their sharp wit and incisive portrayal of the interwar period. Waugh was also an ardent traditionalist who frequently expressed his dislike of the modern world. He died on Easter Sunday in 1966.
Product details
| ISBN | 9782808012744 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Plurilingua Publishing |
| Collection | BrightSummaries.com |
| Format | |
| Pages | 56 |
| File size | 2.1 MB |
