Decline and Fall Summary
Evelyn Waugh

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Decline and Fall Summary

Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh is his first novel, published in 1928. It is a fictional work in the social satire genre set in England and Wales in the 1920s. It explores the societal conventions of the time surrounding education, values, marriage, the divisions in social classes, honor, racism, human behavior, and the helplessness of man before the uncontrollable and often inevitable aspects of life.

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Evelyn Waugh Biographies (5)

Evelyn Arthur St. John Waugh

1,018 words, approx. 4 pages

The English author Evelyn Arthur St. John Waugh (1903-1966) ranks as one of the outstanding satiric novelists of the 20th century. Hilariously savage wit and complete command of the English language w... Read more

Evelyn (Arthur St. John) Waugh

7,327 words, approx. 25 pages

Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh grew up in a comfortable middle-class London suburb, the son of Arthur Waugh, a well-known literary critic and publisher, and Catherine Charlotte Raban Waugh. He recalled ... Read more

Evelyn (Arthur St. John) Waugh

4,339 words, approx. 15 pages

Literature must have seemed a predestined interest for Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh, whose father, Arthur Waugh, was an author as well as head of the publishing firm of Chapman and Hall. Born in the L... Read more

Evelyn (Arthur St. John) Waugh

7,723 words, approx. 26 pages

A major figure in twentieth-century British literature, Evelyn Waugh captured in his novels the attitudes, foibles, and virtues of the British upper classes. From the nostalgic romanticism of Brideshe... Read more

Evelyn Arthur St. John Waugh

7,951 words, approx. 27 pages

Biography EssayArthur Evelyn St. John Waugh was born on 28 October 1903 in Hampstead, England, and grew up in a comfortable middle-class London suburb, the son of Arthur Waugh, a well-known literary c... Read more