Penguin Classics Vile Bodies
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Book
Authors
ISBN 13
9780140001365
Category
Fiction/Littérature
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Publication Year
1983
Publisher
Pages
224
Subject
English Literature
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Abstract
The Bright Young Things of 1920s Mayfair, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and sophistication, exercise their inventive minds and vile bodies in every kind of capricious escapade, whether it is promiscuity, dancing, cocktail parties or sports cars. A vivid assortment of characters, among them the struggling writer Adam Fenwick-Symes and the glamorous, aristocratic Nina Blount, hunt fast and furiously for ever greater sensations and the hedonistic fulfilment of their desires. Evelyn Waugh’s acidly funny and experimental satire shows a new generation emerging in the years after the First World War, revealing the darkness and vulnerability beneath the glittering surface of the high life.
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Descriptif : a novel by Evelyn Waugh
Résumé : In terms of plot Vile Bodies is a love story. Vile Bodies is a satire of London's smart set, a class doomed to be blown apart by the coming war, and Waugh pays tribute to the frippery of this society whilst at the same time relentlessly uncovering it's hypocrisy with his acid wit.
Résumé : In terms of plot Vile Bodies is a love story. Vile Bodies is a satire of London's smart set, a class doomed to be blown apart by the coming war, and Waugh pays tribute to the frippery of this society whilst at the same time relentlessly uncovering it's hypocrisy with his acid wit.
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