Quotes from bookDecline and Fall
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 based, in part, on Waugh's schooldays at Lancing College, undergraduate years at Hertford College, Oxford, and his experience as a teacher at Arnold House in north Wales. It is a social satire that employs the author's characteristic black humour in lampooning various features of British society in the 1920s.
“Please bear in mind throughout that IT IS MEANT TO BE FUNNY.”
Evelyn Waugh book Decline and Fall
Author's note
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“I'm one of the blind alleys off the main road of procreation.”
Evelyn Waugh book Decline and Fall
Grimes
Decline and Fall (1928)
“But what am I to teach them?' said Paul in sudden panic.”
Evelyn Waugh book Decline and Fall
Decline and Fall (1928)
