Vile Bodies
Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh is a reprint edition published by Little, Brown on December 11, 2012, featuring 320 pages in English. This novel presents a sharp and humorous critique of the Bright Young Things who defined London high society in the 1920s. Set in the aftermath of the First World War, it explores the lives of a new generation that balances innocence and sophistication while engaging in various escapades.
Readers will encounter a diverse cast of characters, including the struggling writer Adam Fenwick-Symes and the glamorous aristocrat Nina Blount, as they pursue hedonistic pleasures and greater sensations. Waugh’s satire delves into the complexities of their lives, revealing the underlying darkness and vulnerability that contrasts with their glittering existence. This edition invites readers to reflect on themes of fiction, satire, and the humorous aspects of literary life.
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“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.
In the years following the First World War a new generation emerged, wistful and vulnerable beneath the glitter. The Bright Young Things of 1920s London, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and sophistication, exercised their inventive minds and vile bodies in every kind of capricious escapade. In these pages 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 hedonistic fulfillment of their desires. Evelyn Waugh’s acidly funny satire reveals the darkness and vulnerability beneath the sparkling surface of the high life.
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