One of the great pleasures of my college years was the discovery of Evelyn Waugh. There are a great many authors and books from that time period that shine with a transcendent memory so lasting that to encounter the works in later years is to be just a little disappointed. Part of what made them so ...
My mother gave me that one for Christmas. I own so many books that it is very difficult for her to find something I don't own or haven't read so far. She thought that I probably hadn't heard about this one before and she was right. She also made a really good choice because it became one of my favou...
When Masterpiece Theater ran the Anthony Andrews/Jeremy Irons version I was in high school and I fell in love. Just like Charles Ryder, I fell in love with the whole charming family. I still am. And although I never took to calling a stuffed bear after a saint, I probably did feel rather vindicated...
8-16-10 First, languid. Decadent--well, no that isn't quite the right word. It's...something. I am trying very hard to remember that they (Sebastian and Charles) are only 19. The language is lush. Jeremy Irons is the narrator on the audiobook; I can't think of a better. I haven't seen the minis...
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