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Love Among the Ruins: A Romance of the Near Future is a 1953 novel by Evelyn Waugh. It is a satire set in a dystopian, quasi-egalitarian Britain. Plot. The protagonist, Miles Plastic, is an orphan who, at the beginning of the story, is finishing a prison term for arson.
- Evelyn Waugh
- 1953
This brief fable of a dystopian future has all the earmarks of Waugh's genius. Savage satire, contempt for the modern world, and a unique comic flair. Huxley had his "brave new world" but it had none of the madcap humor exhibited by Waugh in this little gem. Clara, a dancer undergoes an operation to be sterilized so that she may become a dancer.
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- 1953
- Evelyn Waugh
- Evelyn Waugh
Love Among the Ruins: A Romance of the Near Future by Evelyn Waugh is a sad love story. The protagonist, Miles Plastic, lives in a world where inmates are treated better than the good people who live outside of prison. Hence, the inmates sometimes relapse.
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- Hardcover
- Evelyn Waugh
Jan 17, 2017 · Love Among the Ruins Kindle Edition. by Evelyn Waugh (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.2 8 ratings. See all formats and editions. Evelyn Waugh dips his toes into the world of science fiction. In a future, dystopian Britain, Miles Plastic is in prison for arson. Which isn’t so bad, really – the prisons are actually quite nice.
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- Evelyn Waugh
Sep 11, 2019 · Love among the ruins : a romance of the near future. by. Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966. Publication date. 1953. Publisher. London : Chapman & Hall. Collection. internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled.
Love Among the Ruins. Evelyn Waugh. McClelland & Stewart, Jan 17, 2017 - Fiction - 38 pages. Evelyn Waugh dips his toes into the world of science fiction. In a future, dystopian Britain,...
In a future, dystopian Britain, Miles Plastic is in prison for arson. Which isn’t so bad, really – the prisons are actually quite nice. When he is released, he finds himself a nice, wholesome job at a state-run euthanasia clinic trying to control the crushing volume of voluntary applicants.
