Decline and Fall is a novel by the English author Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1928. It was Waugh's first published novel; an earlier attempt, titled The Temple at Thatch, was destroyed by Waugh while still in manuscript form.

Decline and Fall is an amusing satire that skewers many aspects of British society in the 1920s. Waugh takes special aim at the foibles and pretensions of the upper classes and their institutions. Neither Oxford nor public school education escapes his pen.

From the rooms of Sir Alastair Digby-Vaine-Trumpington, two staircases away, came a confused roaring and breaking of glass. They alone of the senior members of Scone were at home that evening, for it was the night of the annual dinner of the Bollinger Club.

Decline and Fall is a 1928 novel by the English author Evelyn Waugh. His first published novel and a work of social satire, it is based partially on his schooling at Lancing College, his undergraduate years at Hertford College at Oxford, and his …

Evelyn Waugh’s classic novel, “Decline and Fall,” is a satirical portrayal of the British aristocracy in the early 20th century. Through his characters and their actions, Waugh exposes the hypocrisy and absurdity of the upper class.

2012年12月11日 · Evelyn Waugh's "irresistible" first novel (New York Times) is a brilliant and hilarious satire of English school life in the 1920s. Sent down from Oxford after a wild, drunken party, Paul Pennyfeather is oddly surprised to find himself qualifying for the position of schoolmaster at a boys' private school in Wales.

Decline and Fall, first novel of Evelyn Waugh, published in 1928, a social satire based on his own experiences as a teacher. The protagonist, Paul Pennyfeather, accepts passively all that befalls him. Expelled for indecent behaviour from Scone College, Oxford, he becomes a teacher.

2019年10月30日 · Decline And Fall by Evelyn Waugh. Publication date 1928 Topics Evelyn Waugh, Decline and Fall Language English Item Size 264.6M . Evelyn Waugh 1928 Decline and Fall. Addeddate 2019-10-30 07:15:30 Identifier declineandfall_201910 Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.4 . plus-circle ...

Inspired in part by his own experiences in school and as a schoolmaster, Evelyn Waugh’s first published novel, Decline and Fall, is a dark and occasionally farcical satire of British...