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Decline and Fall (Penguin Modern Classics) | 
 enlarge | Author: Evelyn Waugh
Creator: David Bradshaw
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Category: Book
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 10887
Media: Paperback
Edition: New edition
Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 0141187484
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780141187488
ASIN: 0141187484
Publication Date: August 28, 2003
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 Clear-eyed, undated January 5, 2009
P. Reavy (Belfast, N. Ireland)
I found this very nearly as funny as Scoop and the humour was better sustained right to the end of the novel.
I was pleasantly caught out by the way Waugh kept changing the scenery.
It is surprising how relevant the book seems when British society is often thought to have changed so much since it was written.
I had read 2 or 3 of Waugh's other books and only picked this up by chance as I thought I had read enough of him for a bit. It was a lucky fluke for me that I did pick it up, as it has made me an out-and-out fan.
Very, very funny October 7, 2008
Junius (London, Middlesex United Kingdom)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is extremely funny and perhaps should not be read on public transport or in po-faced staff rooms. In particular, the scenes in the awful Welsh school are excellent, though perhaps not for the politically correct. The rewording of the famous hymn in a later chapter is also brilliant. A few of the characters appear in Waugh's later work; the name Cruttwell - Waugh's nemesis at Oxford, is first mnetioned here and reappears in subsequent pre-war novels.
Effortless brilliance! September 22, 2008
Damian Patrick Kelly (Manchester UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the first Evelyn Waugh novel I have read and I didn't really know what to expect. I have seen the Brideshead Revisited TV series and so I had an idea of the kind of subjects he dealt with but this book took me by surprise.
The thing that struck me straight away was how accessible it was. I often find that many writers of "literature" are a real chore to read, it can be like drowning in quicksand. But with Decline and Fall I hardly felt as though I was reading at all. It was as though the story was beaming straight into my brain.
In the first half of the book there doesn't seem to be much of a story but it all comes together towards the end. The style and humour reminded me a little of Wodehouse. I love Wodehouse but his stories don't have much of a message, they are mostly just stories. With Waugh there is something deeper, he uses the story to demonstrate his view of mankind. It's a sceptical view and I'm not sure whether I agree with it but I appreciate his style. It's effortless. This seems to me to be the mark of a genuinely great writer.
Possibly the funniest book ever written September 18, 2008
Andrew Dalby (oxford)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the tale of innocence, academia, love, ladies of less than perfect character and the behaviour/ misbehaviour of the class system. The funniest scene ever is the school sports day and the start of the running race. I will leave the rest for you to enjoy. If you have to read one book from Waugh then read this one. You will not want to put it down.
 Enjoyable introduction to Waugh July 21, 2008
noggy1810 (Ireland)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is my first Evelyn Waugh novel and I will be definitely reading more in the near future. It is very accessible, extremely funny in places and has a good laugh at the British upper classes. I don't know if this book has any merit other than the farce that it is but it is enjoyable to read a famous classic author and not to struggle through it.
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