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Vile Bodies is the second novel by Evelyn Waugh, published in 1930. It satirises the bright young things, the rich young people partying in London after World War I, and the press which fed on their doings.
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.
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Vile Bodies, satiric novel by Evelyn Waugh, published in 1930. Set in England between the wars, the novel examines the frenetic but empty lives of the Bright Young Things, young people who indulge in constant party-going, heavy drinking, and promiscuous sex.
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Vile Bodies, Evelyn Waugh's second novel, is a series of vignettes connected by little more than their grotesque improbability and the fact that they happen to people from the same...
Vile Bodies. by Evelyn Waugh. With love to Bryan Moyne and Diana Mosley. Preface. This was a totally unplanned novel. I had the facility at the age of 25 to sit down at my table, set a few characters on the move, write 3000 words a day, and note with surprise what happened.
May 31, 2012 · Vile Bodies (Penguin Modern Classics) Kindle Edition. Evelyn Waugh's acidly funny and formally daring satire, Vile Bodies reveals the darkness and vulnerability that lurks beneath the glittering surface of the high life.
Dec 11, 2012 · by Evelyn Waugh (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 3.9 1,127 ratings. See all formats and editions. "A wickedly witty and iridescent novel" (Time) from one of England's greatest satirists takes aim at the generation of Bright Young Things that dominated London high society in the 1920s.
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