Brideshead Revisited (book)

Brideshead Revisited is a book by the English writer Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1945. The book deals with how the divine mercy acts on a group of very different characters that are closely linked[1]. It tells of the adventures of the fictional character Charles Ryder, who becomes involved in a Catholic aristocratic family.



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[hide] *1 film adaptations  ==Film Adaptations[ Edit] == In 1981, the book was made into a film by Granada Television for ITV. It plays from the twenties of the twentieth century to 1945. In 2008, a film version directed by Julian Jarrold's made. ==Brief contents[ Edit] == Brideshead Revisited tells the story of Charles Ryders relationship with the aristocratic Flyte family. Charles met in Oxford, the youngest son of the family, Sebastian Flyte, and they go to a friendship. Eventually Sebastian takes Charles to his ancestral home, Brideshead Castle, where Charles met the rest of the family. Soon it turns out that the Catholic family (brother Brideshead and his sisters Julia and Cordelia) a number of painful secrets hidden loves: the father of Sebastian has specified the Catholic faith and lives in Venice with a mistress. While Charles on Brideshead lives, touch Sebastian still further addicted to alcohol and moves finally to Africa. Charles Ryder alienates the Flytes, until he met Julia years later on a boat to England. They decide to go separate both of them to get married, but Julia's father throws spanner in the works.On his deathbed he converted, and Julia decides she no longer can live in sin (since the Catholic Church strongly disapprove of divorce). During the Second World War is Charles, but the whole family is stationed at Brideshead Meanwhile pulled away. ==The relationship between Charles Ryder and Sebastian Flyte[ Edit] == The relationship between Charles Ryder and Sebastian Flyte in the book described as an emotionally connected. The television series seems to indicate that they also had a physical relationship. Evelyn Waugh has little statements about this aspect of his work. Waugh said:
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<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">"Charles ' romantic affinity for Sebastian is partly due to the world of glamour that Sebastian represents, but also to Charles ' urge to protect a weak person as a strong person. It is also a harbinger of the love that Charles later for Julia Flyte will feel."<sup class="noprint nopopups" len="312" style="line-height:1;"> [source?]