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Liked It7 of 7 members found this review helpful “Waugh’s beautifully realized elegy to paradises lost, and a fascinating Christian novel that doesn’t seek to appear so. Like its hero Charles Ryder, Waugh’s novel seems agnostic, yet half expects to encounter a miracle. “Brideshead” has some of Waugh’s most serious and lovely prose, a host of...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“This is a good read. Some parts seemed a bit dragged on, but overall, it was good. It discussed the relationship between two male friends through war, death, and financial struggles. No matter what happened in their lives, they would always end up at the Brideshead mansion. Very interesting twist to the novel.”
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“There is a reason that this book is a classic.”
Ross Arlen T wrote this review 9 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
1 of 1 members found this review helpful“I was a junior in high school when I read this and truly did not appreciate it. We spend far too long discussing the book - six weeks. But as an adult, forty years later, what was lost on me then is not now. And I love the series adaptations.”
Nancy A wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Im not even sure why I love this book so much”
Megan M wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No0 of 1 members found this review helpful“I enjoyed one of the "revisits" to Brideshead - the latter section about the narrator and Julia. The main part of the book about the narrator and Sebastion was... boring. I expected to like this book a lot more. ”
Rebecca S wrote this review Wednesday, November 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Very complex book. Many issues still current today. touching the struggles the various family members go through. Sad ending.”
Joanna T wrote this review Saturday, October 24 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“A classic of English literature. Ahead of its time in language and subject.”
Lisa H wrote this review Wednesday, September 30 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No0 of 1 members found this review helpful“book group selection
Mary C wrote this review Tuesday, September 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
yuk, couldn't even finish it.”“Een van de meer serieuze boeken van Evelyn Waugh geschreven tijdens de donkere dagen van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Een zeer romantisch boek in de goede zin van het woord.”
John A wrote this review Sunday, September 27 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Unless you lived in England in a past life don't read this book. Oxford, aristocracy, Catholicism, homosexuality, big houses and parties, dads crazy or living openly with mistresses, agnosticism, Michaelmas term?, blah,blah....keep a dictionary or computer handy to look up or 'google' unfamiliar places, people and terms. I only read it after watching the brilliant Granada production aired in 1980 on PBS. It starred a young Jeremy Irns, Anthony Andrews and Diana Quick...also thrown in were Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud. Talk about repression!! Lady Marchmain epitomises the 'uptight' Christian in her devout Catholicism, even to the point of alienating her husband and children. You just want to scream: "Pull the stick out already!" If you're an Anglophile, read. If you saw the movie with Emma Thompson as Lady Marchmain, don't read. It's nothing like the book.”
Cathy M wrote this review Sunday, September 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
