WAUGH, Evelyn.

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Brideshead Revisited. First trade edition of Waugh's most enduring novel, in the fragile jacket produced to war economy standards. Waugh himself repeatedly referred to the novel as his magnum opus.Waugh wrote Brideshead Revisited in early 1944, while recovering after breaking his leg during parachute training. He revealed in his autobiography that the story "portrays some aspects of my Oxford life" (Waugh, p. 191), and that the character Sebastian Flyte was based on his memories of Alastair Graham, one of his friends and "romances".This trade edition was preceded only by a small pre-publication issue, privately printed for the author and circulated among friends, such as Nancy Mitford, to receive comments and suggestions for improvements; as a result of their criticisms, Waugh substantially revised the text for the present edition.

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