After reading Brideshead Revisited a few years ago, I asked my husband: "How did you never tell me about this great book before?", to which he unflinchingly responded: "I did, many times". O well, I am glad I did read it, and also watched the amazingly faithful BBC production of this greatest of Evelyn Waugh's works, with Jeremy Irons.This month, one of our favorite periodicals, Crisis Magazine, revisits Brideshead Revisited under Thomas Howard’s pen, on the back page. I usually read the back page first of all because Howard is oh, so enjoyable- and this time he hit it right again. Commenting on the new DVD edition of the great work, he mentions the bonus disc with interviews of many of the actors, stating that well, they all miss the point of the book. You’d think this would be a book where the message is clear: apparently not so.
Read it here on the online website of Crisis.
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Excellent novel that I also read only too recently. I find myself at the library nearly every week, but invariably trapped in the downstairs children's section. I have had to make a very concerted effort to lug our huge box of books up the stairs to the adult section of the library, (even if only for nothing more taxing than classic novels), and this was the second book I looked for. Eventually I'll have to get my own copy. I plan to buy one for my brother-in-law in Brazil--"e a cara dele," as they say. At what age did you allow your children to read this book?
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