This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Scoop by Evelyn Waugh. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, such as journalism, satire and the contrast between city and country life. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time....
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Scoop by Evelyn Waugh (Book Analysis)
Scoop by Evelyn Waugh (Book Analysis)
Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
978280801559254EBookPlurilingua PublishingThis practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Scoop by Evelyn Waugh. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, such as journalism, satire and the contrast between city and country life. 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 54-page reading guide is structured as follows:
Biography of Evelyn Waugh
Presentation of Scoop
Summary of Scoop
Character study
William Boot
Mr Salter
Lord Copper
Mr Baldwin
Analysis of Scoop
“I ought to warn you that I am a journalist”
Town vs. country
“Comic extravaganza”
About Scoop
Scoop was Evelyn Waugh’s fifth novel, and draws on the author’s own experiences as a journalist. It tells the story of William Boot, a hapless nature columnist who is sent to a war-torn African nation as a foreign correspondent for the newspaper he works at due to a misunderstanding. Although he is clearly unsuited to the position, a series of coincidences lead him to stumble upon the story of a lifetime, leading to him being hailed as one of the country’s foremost investigative journalists.
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 characterized 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 Scoop by Evelyn Waugh. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, such as journalism, satire and the contrast between city and country life. 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 54-page reading guide is structured as follows:
Biography of Evelyn Waugh
Presentation of Scoop
Summary of Scoop
Character study
William Boot
Mr Salter
Lord Copper
Mr Baldwin
Analysis of Scoop
“I ought to warn you that I am a journalist”
Town vs. country
“Comic extravaganza”
About Scoop
Scoop was Evelyn Waugh’s fifth novel, and draws on the author’s own experiences as a journalist. It tells the story of William Boot, a hapless nature columnist who is sent to a war-torn African nation as a foreign correspondent for the newspaper he works at due to a misunderstanding. Although he is clearly unsuited to the position, a series of coincidences lead him to stumble upon the story of a lifetime, leading to him being hailed as one of the country’s foremost investigative journalists.
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 characterized 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 54-page reading guide is structured as follows:
- Biography of Evelyn Waugh
- Presentation of Scoop
- Summary of Scoop
- Character study
- William Boot
- Mr Salter
- Lord Copper
- Mr Baldwin
- Analysis of Scoop
- “I ought to warn you that I am a journalist”
- Town vs. country
- “Comic extravaganza”
About Scoop
Scoop was Evelyn Waugh’s fifth novel, and draws on the author’s own experiences as a journalist. It tells the story of William Boot, a hapless nature columnist who is sent to a war-torn African nation as a foreign correspondent for the newspaper he works at due to a misunderstanding. Although he is clearly unsuited to the position, a series of coincidences lead him to stumble upon the story of a lifetime, leading to him being hailed as one of the country’s foremost investigative journalists.
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 characterized 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 | 9782808015592 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Plurilingua Publishing |
| Collection | Brightsummaries.com |
| Format | |
| Pages | 54 |
| File size | 2.1 MB |
