![]() ![]() ![]() As a result, it’s only the next morning, when he asks one of his colleagues where they actually are, that Ryder learns that fate has brought him back to a place he knows very well, one that played a pivotal role in his formative years. ![]() Having managed to get his troops organised, he embarks on a lengthy train journey across England, arriving at the new camp location late at night. We’re off on a journey through time, and rural England, to meet a rather unusual family and their house – a very big house in the country…Įvelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited begins in 1942 as Charles Ryder, an army officer working on the home front, receives orders to get ready for a change of location. ![]() The end of the year is always a time for reflection, and today’s choice is certainly one that encourages a trip down memory lane, with the meat of the text devoted to events that happened decades before the book’s starting point. However, while that usually means works from the Victorian era (and there will be a couple of those next week), this year’s Christmas post looks at a slightly later book. At this time of year, with the publishing world clocking off and most people focusing on the holidays, I tend to take a short break from fiction in translation, turning instead to classics of English literature. ![]()
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