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A Handful of Dust is a novel by the British writer Evelyn Waugh. First published in 1934, it is often grouped with the author's early, satirical comic novels for which he became famous in the pre– World War II years. Some commentators regard it as a transitional work due to its serious undertones, pointing towards Waugh's Catholic postwar fiction.
- Evelyn Waugh
- 1934
Published in 1934, A Handful of Dust is a satirical novel that offers a social perspective of life among the upper classes in England in the early twentieth century. The socially privileged thrive on club membership, nightly parties, and the latest gossip.
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Dec 11, 2012 · by Evelyn Waugh (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.1 1,478 ratings. See all formats and editions. Selected by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the century, this "absolutely delightful" novel (New York Times) movingly and comically chronicles the breakdown of a marriage and the disintegration of English society in the years after ...
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Dec 11, 2012 · 4.1 1,478 ratings. See all formats and editions. Selected by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the century, this "absolutely delightful" novel (New York Times) movingly and comically chronicles the breakdown of a marriage and the disintegration of English society in the years after World War I.
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Sep 1, 1999 · A Handful Of Dust by Evelyn Waugh, published in 1934, is the story of country squire Tony Last, who, after the collapse of his marriage, takes a trip into the South American jungle. I found this a difficult book to get my head around, but it wasn’t hard work to read.
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Dec 11, 2012 · A Handful of Dust. Evelyn Waugh. Little, Brown, Dec 11, 2012 - Fiction - 304 pages. Selected by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the century, this "absolutely delightful"...
Dec 11, 2012 · Description. Selected by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the century, this “absolutely delightful” novel (New York Times) movingly and comically chronicles the breakdown of a marriage and the disintegration of English society in the years after World War I.
