Modern Classics Vile Bodies
Modern Classics Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh, published by Penguin UK on February 22, 2000, is a new edition featuring 202 pages in English. This satirical work explores the lives of the Bright Young Things in post-World War I Mayfair, revealing the complexities and vulnerabilities hidden beneath their glamorous exteriors. Through a series of escapades, including promiscuity and extravagant parties, characters like the struggling writer Adam Fenwick-Symes and the aristocratic Nina Blount navigate a world filled with both innocence and sophistication.
Readers will find a vivid portrayal of a generation in search of excitement and fulfillment, as Waugh’s humor and keen observations highlight the absurdities of their pursuits. The narrative delves into themes of societal expectations and personal desires, set against the backdrop of 20th-century England. This edition of Vile Bodies invites readers to engage with Waugh’s sharp wit and insightful commentary on the human condition.
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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.
In the years following the First World War a new generation emerges, wistful and vulnerable beneath the glitter. The Bright Young Things of twenties’ Mayfair, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and sophistication, exercise their inventive minds and vile bodies in every kind of capricious escapade – whether promiscuity, dancing, cocktail parties or sports cars. In a quest for treasure, a favourite party occupation, a vivid assortment of characters, among them the struggling writer Adam Fenwick-Symes and the glamorous, aristocratic Nina Blount, hunt fast and furiously for ever greater sensations and the fulfilment of unconscious desires.
If you enjoyed Vile Bodies, you might like Waugh’s A Handful of Dust, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.
‘The high point of the experimental, original Waugh’
Malcolm Bradbury, Sunday Times
‘This brilliantly funny, anxious and resonant novel … the difficult edgy guide to the turn of the decade’
Richard Jacobs
‘It’s Britain’s Great Gatsby‘
Stephen Fry, director of Vile Bodies film adaptation Bright Young Things
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