Evelyn Waugh's most celebrated novel is a memory drama about the intense entanglement of the narrator, Charles Ryder, with a great Anglo-Catholic family. Written during World War II, the novel mourns the passing of the aristocratic world Waugh knew in his youth and vividly recalls the sensuous plea-sures denied him by wartime austerities; in so doing it also provides a profound...
Evelyn Waugh's most celebrated novel is a memory drama about the intense entanglement of the narrator, Charles Ryder, with a great Anglo-Catholic family. Written during World War II, the novel mourns the passing of the aristocratic world Waugh knew in his youth and vividly recalls the sensuous plea-sures denied him by wartime austerities; in so doing it also provides a profound study of the conflict between the demands of religion and the desires of the flesh. At once romantic, sensuous, comic, and somber, "Brideshead Revisited" transcends Waugh's familiar satiric exploration of his cast of lords and ladies, Catholics and eccentrics, artists and misfits, revealing him to be an elegiac, lyrical novelist of the utmost feeling and lucidity. The edition reprinted here contains Waugh's revisions, made in 1959, and his preface to the revised edition.
0 有用 Charlotte'sWeb 2011-01-15 03:14:16
You are not you.Orphans in the storm.
0 有用 Michael_Tenenb 2017-02-06 12:44:00
电影到电视剧到小说 Audiobook和Back Bay Books的版本有些不一样 Delicate. Intricate. Restrained.
0 有用 泠风 2009-10-25 16:33:14
受不了他的语言风格,还是下次有耐心了再看下去吧。
0 有用 Jule 2012-02-01 11:15:53
这是第二本有声书。由Jeremy Iron朗读!开头被那弥漫的挽歌情怀所吸引。然后一直想弄明白为什么美少年Sebastian一直往自我毁灭的路上走。一直到结尾,还是不清楚。前半部还以为他的母亲真做了什么见不得人的罪恶,可迷迷幻幻的,并无明写。也许是天主教和同性恋之间的矛盾张力?越到后面,越不喜欢叙述人Charles Rider。Julia无论他怎样描述,总觉得不如Sebastian的那种媚人。无法... 这是第二本有声书。由Jeremy Iron朗读!开头被那弥漫的挽歌情怀所吸引。然后一直想弄明白为什么美少年Sebastian一直往自我毁灭的路上走。一直到结尾,还是不清楚。前半部还以为他的母亲真做了什么见不得人的罪恶,可迷迷幻幻的,并无明写。也许是天主教和同性恋之间的矛盾张力?越到后面,越不喜欢叙述人Charles Rider。Julia无论他怎样描述,总觉得不如Sebastian的那种媚人。无法理解天主教信仰者那种摆脱不了的罪恶感。就觉得这家人好好的日子莫名其妙地过得那么悲惨。Jeremy Iron的朗读很棒。 (展开)
3 有用 Mr.Mc 2012-06-16 12:43:05
maybe we all ask too much