Brideshead Revisited

Resumen del libro

'I knew Sebastian by sight long before I met him. That was unavoidable for, from his first week, he was the most conspicuous man of his year by reason of his beauty, which was arresting, and his eccentricities of behaviour, which seemed to know no bounds'. Charles Ryder, a lonely student at Oxford, is captivated by the outrageous and exquisitely beautiful Sebastian Flyte.

Invited to Brideshead, Sebastian's magnificent family home, Charles welcomes the attentions of its eccentric, aristocratic inhabitants. But he also discovers a world where duty and desire, faith and earthly happiness are in conflict; a world which threatens to destroy his beloved Sebastian. A scintillating depiction of the decadent, privileged aristocracy prior to the Second World War, "Brideshead Revisited" is widely regarded as Evelyn Waugh's finest work.

Biografía del autor

p b Evelyn Waugh /b nació en Londres en 1903. Estudió en Oxford y con veintisiete años se convirtió a la fe católica. Viajó como corresponsal a diferentes países de África y Sudamérica, y durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial sirvió en el Cuerpo Real de Marines y en la Royal Horse Guard, experiencia que inspiraría su trilogía i Espada de honor /i (1952-1961, de próxima publicación en Impedimenta). Entre sus novelas cabe destacar b i Un puñado de polvo /i /b (1931), i ¡Noticia bomba! /i (1938) y i Los seres queridos /i (1948). En 1945, con la publicación de i Retorno a Brideshead /i , dio comienzo su periodo de mayor éxito, durante la que publicaría la novela semiautobiográfida i La odisea de Gilbert Pinfold /i (1957; próximamente en Impedimenta). Falleció en 1966 en Combe Florey, en Somerset.<br>