A Handful of Dust
Author | : Evelyn Waugh |
Publisher | : Penguin Classics |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 1997 |
ISBN-10 | : 014018886X |
ISBN-13 | : 9780140188868 |
Rating | : 4/5 (868 Downloads) |
Download or read book A Handful of Dust written by Evelyn Waugh and published by Penguin Classics. This book was released on 1997 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last has grown bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband, Tony. She drifts into an affair with the shallow socialite John Beaver and forsakes Tony for the Belgravia set. In a novel that combines tragedy, comedy, and savage irony, Evelyn Waugh indelibly captures the irresponsible mood of the "crazy and sterile generation" between the wars.