This entertaining and clever book is a very good example of “easy
reading”. The author, Evelyn Waugh, has written about education,
religion and alcohol in an intelligent way. In fact, it is
difficult stop to reading this novel and the stories of its clever main
character called Paul. Waugh gives us a detailed portrait of an
England that has lost its authority and honesty. Everything is about
money and success. Moreover, the famous courtesy and kindness have
disappeared, replaced by rudeness and impolite habits.
Although the book talks about the British society during the 1920s, it
could be still a contemporary book as it is in some aspects about human
nature whatever the time. However, the novel is very focused on the lifestyle of the
middle and upper classes in the post-war period in England, viewed through
the story of the main character. Moreover, I have noticed that there
is another main character in this novel: money. In fact, the money is
the tool for those social classes to escape from the post-war crisis.
Paul was a teacher in a school, when he fell in love with the mother of one of his pupils. He decided to give him private lessons at home in order to see the mother more often. Paul’s love was reciprocated and
he began a love affair with the mother but in the end the
situation ended in disaster and he served a prison sentence.
Paul found happiness when he returned to Oxford as a student. Through
this story the author shows us many amusing characters and through to them
he describes to us the society in Britain during that period.
Nevertheless, his amusing writing creates a bizarre atmosphere
throughout the novel and many serious issues are more readable despite their
sadness.
reading”. The author, Evelyn Waugh, has written about education,
religion and alcohol in an intelligent way. In fact, it is
difficult stop to reading this novel and the stories of its clever main
character called Paul. Waugh gives us a detailed portrait of an
England that has lost its authority and honesty. Everything is about
money and success. Moreover, the famous courtesy and kindness have
disappeared, replaced by rudeness and impolite habits.
Although the book talks about the British society during the 1920s, it
could be still a contemporary book as it is in some aspects about human
nature whatever the time. However, the novel is very focused on the lifestyle of the
middle and upper classes in the post-war period in England, viewed through
the story of the main character. Moreover, I have noticed that there
is another main character in this novel: money. In fact, the money is
the tool for those social classes to escape from the post-war crisis.
Paul was a teacher in a school, when he fell in love with the mother of one of his pupils. He decided to give him private lessons at home in order to see the mother more often. Paul’s love was reciprocated and
he began a love affair with the mother but in the end the
situation ended in disaster and he served a prison sentence.
Paul found happiness when he returned to Oxford as a student. Through
this story the author shows us many amusing characters and through to them
he describes to us the society in Britain during that period.
Nevertheless, his amusing writing creates a bizarre atmosphere
throughout the novel and many serious issues are more readable despite their
sadness.
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