In 1944 Captain Charles Ryder travels with a company of soldiers to Brideshead. He has been there before, and the great house serves as a potent reminder of the decadent, stylish lifestyle now destroyed by the austerity of the Second World War. Charles' mind travels back twenty years to when he was a student at Oxford, in thrall to the captivating, tragic Sebastian Flyte. This friendship leads to his involvement with Sebastian's aristocratic Catholic family - in particular Julia, the eldest Flyte daughter - and has far ...
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In 1944 Captain Charles Ryder travels with a company of soldiers to Brideshead. He has been there before, and the great house serves as a potent reminder of the decadent, stylish lifestyle now destroyed by the austerity of the Second World War. Charles' mind travels back twenty years to when he was a student at Oxford, in thrall to the captivating, tragic Sebastian Flyte. This friendship leads to his involvement with Sebastian's aristocratic Catholic family - in particular Julia, the eldest Flyte daughter - and has far-reaching effects on his life. Ben Miles stars as Charles Ryder with Jamie Bamber as Sebastian in this full-cast dramatisation, which also features Eleanor Bron and Edward Petherbridge.
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Add this copy of Brideshead Revisited to cart. $150.00, very good condition, Sold by Book Alley rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pasadena, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1945 by LITTLE BROWN & CO @.
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Very good Good jacket. 1st American (1945); hardcover with dust jacket; one of 600 copies printed before first American trade edition was printed; unclipped ($3.50) dust jacket has open tearing at edges and some age discoloration; teal cloth shows light wear/rubbing to edges; there is a blue stain on top edge of text block from 289-334 that has seeped into the very topmost portion of those pages; no other internal markings. Brideshead Revisited is one of Waugh's most famous novels, written after he had converted to C.
Add this copy of Brideshead Revisited to cart. $163.53, very good condition, Sold by Idlegenius Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from London, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1945 by Chapman & Hall.
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Very Good. 1st Printing. Issue on first publication by The Book Society Limited in association withChapman & Hall London May 1945. VG clean and tight condition. No marks or inscriptions apart from a pencil 'First Edition 2/6' to front pastedown. Book Society bookplate to ffep. Very occasional mild spotting. Clean and bright Red cloth covers with mild fading to spine..
Add this copy of Brideshead Revisited [Hardcover] Evelyn Waugh to cart. $175.00, like new condition, Sold by Hook's Book Nook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pottstown, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1945 by Chapman and Hall.
Add this copy of Brideshead Revisited to cart. $650.00, very good condition, Sold by Raptis Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Palm Beach, FL, UNITED STATES, published by Little, Brown and Company.
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First American trade edition of Waugh's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket drawing by Lester M. Peterson. "Waugh's most deeply felt novel. Brideshead Revisited tells an absorbing story in imaginative terms...Mr. Waugh is very definitely an artist, with something like a genius for precision and clarity not surpassed by any novelist writing in English in his time" (New York Times). Listed by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century.
Add this copy of Brideshead Revisited to cart. $666.67, fair condition, Sold by Dream Books Co. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Denver, CO, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by Back Bay Books.
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Fair. This copy has clearly been enjoyed-expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.
Add this copy of Brideshead Revisited to cart. $666.67, good condition, Sold by Goodwill of Greater Milwaukee rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milwaukee, WI, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by Back Bay Books.
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Book is considered to be in good or better condition. The actual cover image may not match the stock photo. Hard cover books may show signs of wear on the spine cover or dust jacket. Paperback book may show signs of wear on spine or cover as well as having a slight bend or curve to it. Book should have no writing inside or highlighting. Pages should be free of tears or creasing. Stickers should not be present on cover or elsewhere and any CD or DVD expected with the book is included. Book is not a former library copy.
Add this copy of Brideshead Revisited to cart. $700.00, like new condition, Sold by J Mercurio Books Maps & Prints rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Garrison, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1945 by Little, Brown and Company.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First American trade edition. Octavo, original cloth. DJ drawing by Lester M. Peterson. Clipped DJ in archival cover, edge wear.
Add this copy of Brideshead Revisited to cart. $1,000.00, like new condition, Sold by J Mercurio Books Maps & Prints rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Garrison, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1946 by Little, Brown and Company.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First American trade edition. Octavo, original cloth. DJ drawing by Lester M. Peterson. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, edge wear.
Add this copy of Brideshead Revisited to cart. $1,200.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1945 by Little, Brown and Company.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. First American edition, limited edition, one of 600 copies. Fine in very good or better dust jacket with toning and small spots on the spine. One of the most important of Waugh's later works, incorporating many of his ideas about faith and redemption.
Add this copy of Brideshead Revisited to cart. $6,500.00, like new condition, Sold by Raptis Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Palm Beach, FL, UNITED STATES, published by Chapman and Hall.
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First edition of Waugh's masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "Inscribed for John Maloney by Evelyn Waugh December 1959" on a page bound in. In fine condition. "Waugh's most deeply felt novel. Brideshead Revisited tells an absorbing story in imaginative terms...Mr. Waugh is very definitely an artist, with something like a genius for precision and clarity not surpassed by any novelist writing in English in his time" (New York Times).
Absorbing plot and so evocative of its age. Much better than the overblown screen versions. Though these are beautifully acted, directed and shot they lose the humorous elements that form a part of the novel. Waugh is a master of brevity in style and this is lost in the adaptations.
katheliz1938
Oct 23, 2008
Wonderful book
This is well-known to be an excellent novel - nothing I can say will add to its fame.
venti1
Sep 25, 2008
Brideshead Worth Revisiting
After many years, I enjoyed rereading Waugh's classic novel. With the added hindsight of having viewed the Masterpiece Theatre production, I appreciated Waugh's stinging indictment of, and appreciation for, this view of early 20th Century Britain. Clearly, while the video captured every nuance of the disfunctional Flyte family and Charles Ryder's fascination with them, rereading the book allows for a thorough saturation in the language and a renewed appreciation of the narrative structure. I also learned something that I forget from time to time: if it looks too good to be true, it is: the book I purchased was a first edition;first printing of a reprint series -- not the original as I had thought. Live and learn.
ghmus7
Nov 20, 2007
One of the Finest english Novels
A great novel that captures so many currents of English life during the early 20th century. The charachters are so believable, that when the PBS series aired, many viewers exlaimed: "That not what Sebastian looks like!" The depiction of privleged English life at Oxbridge, the statley houses, the parties and denial of the upper-crust world coming into war is sort of a camoflage over the underlying theme of the book, the importance of faith and the state of one's soul. That, as glorious or squalid as life can be, it does not last and each person ought consider his soul in light of eternity. There is a marvelous atmosphere and feeling to the book, a sense of regretfulness that "This was once what was so great about English life...but will never be again". Waugh is essentially writing as a exile in place - As a Catholic, he was a disciple of a religion that England has never been comfortable with, to say the least. Considered a literary masterpiece, it is undoubtably Waugh's best book, and certainly his most insightful. Quite funny at times, it encommpasses so much of life in it's economical length. A truly great book that you will read several times.
WhisperingWind
Oct 25, 2007
Destined to be a classic.
I've read it more than a half-dozen times. It is filled with incredible insight into the human condtion and is more enjoyable each reading.
