Decline and Fall

A Darkly Comic Satire of English Society

von Evelyn Waugh

224 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Paul Pennyfeather is an innocent man in a world where innocence may be the most dangerous quality of all.Expelled from Oxford through no fault of his own, Paul suddenly finds himself without money, prospects, or a respectable future. He accepts a teaching position at Llanabba Castle, a spectacularly disreputable Welsh school populated by eccentric masters, unruly boys, impostors, social climbers, and people whose confidence far exceeds their competence.Paul's fortunes appear to improve when he becomes involved with the wealthy and glamorous Margot Beste-Chetwynde, but fashionable society proves every bit as chaotic as the schoolroom. Marriage, money, crime, imprisonment, religion, and respectability become part of an increasingly outrageous journey through institutions whose solemn appearances barely conceal disorder beneath.Brilliantly funny and relentlessly satirical, Decline and Fall combines farce, black humor, and social comedy in a devastating portrait of privilege, hypocrisy, and the peculiar rules of English society.

• Themen: Lifestyle, Hobbys und Freizeit Humor Politischer Humor / Politische Satire
• ISBN: 9798903000715
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 14.08.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Wilder Publications