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In honor of the hundredth anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s birth, four of the master’s most wickedly scathing comedies are here brought together in one volume. Black Mischief is Waugh at his most mischievous–inventing a politically loopy African state as a means of pulverizing ...

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Vindo de Oxford em circunstâncias revoltantes, Paul Pennyfeather candidata-se ao lugar de director da escola de Llanabba Castle. Os seus colegas são uma variedade de inadaptados, patifes e palermas, incluindo Prendy e o capitão Grimes, sempre metido em sarilhos ou pura e simplesmente bêbedo. Che...

Introdução de Luís Coelho …...................................O romance mais nostálgico e reflectido de Evelyn Waugh, recordando a idade de ouro antes da II Guerra Mundial. Conta a história da profunda atracção de Charles Ryder pelos Marchmain e o rápido declínio do mundo em que estes vi...

Ronald Knox - priest, classicist and brilliant, prolific writer - was one of the outstanding men of letters of his time. The renowned Oxford chaplain was a friend of figures such as G. K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc, and was known for his caustic wit and spiritual wisdom. Evelyn Waugh, his devoted...

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