itbeobachterLiterarischer #10April
„Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there's no room for the present at all.”
#EvelynWaugh #BridesheadRevisited Tod 1966
christyotwisty 🇨🇦 (prime accI see "claret" mostly in English fiction and thought they were weak-ass watered down red wines. It took #VincentPrice to explain that those California reds I used to enjoy, like #Zinfandels and #Barberas, are indeed clarets, but the North American custom is to refer to the grape and not the classification.
I'm sorry, #EvelynWaugh, #NancyMitford, #AnthonyTrollope, and #PGWodehouse, for believing for scores of years your characters could not handle real alcohol.
BlairMerry #ThursdayBooksandBeer, Xmas edition! I’m reading this fascinating biography of Evelyn Waugh by Paula Byrne, which draws on his relationship with Hugh Lygon and his family and their home Madresfield and posits them as the inspiration for Brideshead Revisited. I’m drinking a Petrus Dubbel from Brouwerij De Brabandere for an appropriately festive Belgian treat (and the monk on the label has Santa Claus vibes). “Once he had an agent and a critically acclaimed novel to his name, Evelyn was keen to present himself as the voice of the young generation.” #reading #literature #biography #EvelynWaugh #BridesheadRevisited #craftbeer #belgianbeer
OccasionalDucksReading Evelyn Waugh’s Work Suspended last night, I came upon this gem - for context, Atwood (the first speaker) hit Plant’s father with his car, killing him:
“They may send me to prison for this. That’s what happens in this country to a man earning his living. If I’d been driving my own Rolls Royce they’d all be touching their caps. ‘Very regrettable accident,’ they’d be saying. ‘Hope your nerves have not been shocked, Mr Atwater’ - but to a poor man driving a two seater… Mr Plant, your father wouldn’t have wanted me to go to prison.”
“He often expressed the view that all motorists of all classes should be kept permanently in prison.”
#Reading #EvelynWaugh #TheWarOnCars #BanCars #Books #Bookstodon
Sim Barr⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
1981 Version of #EvelynWaugh's novel #BridesheadRevisited with #JeremyIrons #DianaQuick + #AnthonyAndrews
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083390/reference/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Brideshead Revisited (TV Mini Series 1981) - Reference view - IMDb
Brideshead Revisited: With Jeremy Irons, Diana Quick, Roger Milner, Phoebe Nicholls. The life, friendships and romances of the protagonist Charles Ryder-including his friendship with the Flytes, a family of wealthy English Catholics who live in a palatial mansion called Brideshead Castle.
Mark“‘Well,’ asked Paul, 'how are the sports going?'
‘Not very well,’ said Mr Prendergast; 'in fact, they’ve gone.’
'All over?'
‘Yes. You see, none of the boys came back from the first race. They just disappeared behind the trees at the top of the drive. I expect they've gone to change. I don't blame them, I'm sure. It's terribly cold. Still, it was discouraging launching heat after heat and none coming back. Like sending troops into battle, you know.”
Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh
#EvelynWaugh
“The last chap who put me on my feet said I was
"singularly in harmony with the primitive promptings of humanity". I've remembered that phrase because somehow it seemed to fit me. Here comes the old man. This is where we stand up.”
Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh.
#EvelynWaugh
"singularly in harmony with the primitive promptings of humanity". I've remembered that phrase because somehow it seemed to fit me. Here comes the old man. This is where we stand up.”
Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh.
#EvelynWaugh
Dope Old PersonThe very hot day, that led to a lack of customers, until OT7 were live... Did mean I spent much of the morning on my re-reading of Brideshead Revisited. I have really enjoyed knowing where all the Oxford places are. Plus the first half is centred on youth. I was only going to read this far, but I think I'll keep on. #EvelynWaugh
Penny RichardsListening to a really good full-cast adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s Decline and Fall on @librivox with Jim Broadbemt and Andrew Sachs. #audiodrama #EvelynWaugh I need to check LibriVox more often when I’m looking for audio entertainment.
Literarischer #10April
„Die jungen Menschen von heute sollten gelegentlich daran denken, dass sie die alten Herrschaften von morgen sein werden.“
#EvelynWaugh Tod 1966