Expelled from Oxford for indecent behaviour, Paul Pennyfeather is oddly unsurprised to find himself qualifying for the position of schoolmaster at Llanabba Castle. Hi colleagues are an assortment of misfits, including Prendy (plagued by doubts) and captain Grimes, who is always in the soup (or just plain drunk). Then Sports Day arrives, and with it the delectable Margot Beste-Chetwynde, floating on a scented breeze. As the farce unfolds and the young run riot, no one is safe, least of all Paul. Taking its title from Edward ...
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Expelled from Oxford for indecent behaviour, Paul Pennyfeather is oddly unsurprised to find himself qualifying for the position of schoolmaster at Llanabba Castle. Hi colleagues are an assortment of misfits, including Prendy (plagued by doubts) and captain Grimes, who is always in the soup (or just plain drunk). Then Sports Day arrives, and with it the delectable Margot Beste-Chetwynde, floating on a scented breeze. As the farce unfolds and the young run riot, no one is safe, least of all Paul. Taking its title from Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Evelyn Waugh's first, funniest novel immediately caught the ear of the public with his account of an ing???nu abroad in the decadent confusion of 1920s high society.
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Good. No dust jacket. Some signs of shelfwear to hardcover, creasing/impact damage to the top corners of the hardback cover, slight foxing on top edge of text block, pages clean and bright with no markings. 208 p. Modern Novel S. Audience: Primary & secondary/elementary & high school. With his distinctive dark wit, Evelyn Waugh's Decline and Fall is a masterful social satire sending up the social mores of 1920s England, edited with an introduction by David Bradshaw in Penguin Modern Classics. Expelled from Oxford for indecent behaviour, Paul Pennyfeather is oddly unsurprised to find himself qualifying for the position of schoolmaster at Llanabba Castle. His colleagues are an assortment of misfits, including Prendy (plagued by doubts) and captain Grimes, who is always in the soup (or just plain drunk). Then Sports Day arrives, and with it the delectable Margot Beste-Chetwynde, floating on a scented breeze. As the farce unfolds and the young run riot, no one is safe, least of all Paul. Taking its title from Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Evelyn Waugh's first, funniest novel immediately caught the ear of the public with his account of an ingenu abroad in the decadent confusion of 1920s high society. "The funniest book I have ever read." (Julian Symons, The Times). "His first, most perfect novel...a ruthlessly comic plot." (John Mortimer, Guardian). "Concocted of cruelty, bigotry, pederasty, white slavery, violence, madness and murder, Decline and Fall is fundamentally playful and side-splittingly funny." (David Bradshaw) **If you have any queries about this book, please do not hesitate to contact us at hello@ravenbooks. ie**
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Good Condition. 19 x 12 cm. Condition: Good. Cover shows minor signs of use, including a few scuffs and bumps. Pages are free from notes or highlighting. Firm, secure bindings; spine intact. In very good used condition overall. 185 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Teachers; England; Boys; Upper class; Great Britain; Manners and customs; Endowed public schools (Great Britain); 59.2; ISBN: 0435179209. Add. Inventory No: 220509QNSX010084.
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Reader copy. Modern Library 1935 edition of Evelyn Waugh's novel Decline and Fall-an illustrated novelette, ex library hardback, usual library stamps, boards tatty, stained, faded & worn, slight tanning & handling marks to pages, readable/ref copy with 5 b&w illustrations by the author, 288pp, will despatch immediately from UK. 3F*
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Very good. All orders are dispatched within 1 working day from our UK warehouse. Established in 2004, we are dedicated to recycling unwanted books on behalf of a number of UK charities who benefit from added revenue through the sale of their books plus huge savings in waste disposal. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied.
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Good. All orders are dispatched within 1 working day from our UK warehouse. Established in 2004, we are dedicated to recycling unwanted books on behalf of a number of UK charities who benefit from added revenue through the sale of their books plus huge savings in waste disposal. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied.
Excellent satire. A must read for lovers of literature.
MickP
May 19, 2011
Easily pleased in the 1930s
Not having read anything by Evelyn Waugh I saw this on Alibris and bought it.
I have read many times how good an author he is so I was looking forward to something intelligent and witty.
I'm sorry to say that I found it to be utter rubbish - ponderous "humour", if that's not too strong a word, daft unconvincing plot, and altogether very disappointing. I read in the blurb on the cover that it was a big seller when it came out, hence the heading.
