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Beschreibung
Evelyn Waugh was born in Hampstead in 1903, second son of Arthur Waugh, publisher and literary critic, and brother of Alec Waugh, the popular novelist. He was educated at Lancing and Hertford College, Oxford, where he read Modern History. In 1928 he published his first work, a life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and his first novel, Decline and Fall, which was soon followed by Vile Bodies (1930), Black Mischief (1932), A Handful of Dust (1934) and Scoop (1938). Waugh travelled extensively and also wrote several travel books, as well as a biography of Edmund Campion and Ronald Knox. Other famous works include his Sword of Honour trilogy, and Brideshead Revisited (1945).
Evelyn Waugh was born in Hampstead in 1903, second son of Arthur Waugh, publisher and literary critic, and brother of Alec Waugh, the popular novelist. He was educated at Lancing and Hertford College, Oxford, where he read Modern History. In 1928 he published his first work, a life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and his first novel, Decline and Fall, which was soon followed by Vile Bodies (1930), Black Mischief (1932), A Handful of Dust (1934) and Scoop (1938). Waugh travelled extensively and also wrote several travel books, as well as a biography of Edmund Campion and Ronald Knox. Other famous works include his Sword of Honour trilogy, and Brideshead Revisited (1945).
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Genre: Biographien, Importe
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Penguin Modern Classics
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780141182933
ISBN-10: 0141182938
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Waugh, Evelyn
Hersteller: Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Modern Classics
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 198 x 126 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Evelyn Waugh
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.04.2000
Gewicht: 0,164 kg
Artikel-ID: 106484625