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Brideshead revisited: The sacred and profane memories of Captain Charles Ryder : a novel
Brideshead revisited The sacred and profane memories of Captain Charles Ryder a novel Author:Evelyn Waugh A classic of our time, beautifully performed by Jeremy Irons and the basis of the award-winning television mini-series, Brideshead Revisited tells the story of the Marckmain family, as narrated by friend Charles Ryder. Aristocratic, beautiful, and charming, the Marchmains are indeed a symbol of England and her decline; the novel a mirror of the ... more »upper-class of the 1920s and the abdication of responsibility in the 1930s. Brideshead Revisited has become shorthand for a fantasy era of titled elegance, dead-end hedonism and fatuous wit.« less