Evelyn Waugh
Summary
Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (pronounced /ˈiːvlɨn ˈwɔː/) (28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) was an English writer, best known for such darkly humorous and satirical novels as Decline and Fall, Vile Bodies, Scoop, A Handful of Dust, and The Loved One, as well as for serious works, such as Brideshead Revisited and the Sword of Honour trilogy that clearly manifest his Catholic convictions. Many of Waugh's novels depict British aristocracy and high society, which he satirises but to which he was also strongly attracted. In addition, he wrote short stories, three biographies, and the first volume of an unfinished autobiography. His travel literature, extensive diaries and correspondence have also been published.Waugh's works were very successful with the reading public and he was widely admired as a humorist and as a prose stylist, but as his social conservatism and religiosity became more overt, his works grew more controversial with critics.
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Random House’s new Facebook app: If you liked Evelyn Waugh, you’ll love the Berenstain Bears
Online book discovery doesn’t work very well. Random House is attempting to address that problem with a new Facebook app, BookScout, that gives users book recommendations from multiple publishers, not just Random House. Based on my extremely preliminary testing, the app’s recommendations leave something to be desired.
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Newsweek to axe print edition
Newsweek is to axe its print edition after 80 years and move to digital-only from the new year.
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Phone-hacking scandal – the movie
Leveson inquiry will feature an all-star cast of celebrities taking the stand to do a reverse kiss-and-tell on the media.
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The Great Fleet Street Novel
Timely piece in the New York Times that asks the question what would happen if you tried to sell a novel based on the hacking scandal?.
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Essay: The Great Fleet Street Novel
Evelyn Waugh’s 1938 novel “Scoop” features journalists and the police in cahoots, and a press lord with a cult of personality. Sound familiar?.
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Letters: Joining the dots in News Corp affairs
It is strange that, according to your report on the Vince Cable leak, Kroll private investigators apparently concluded that the News Corp executives thought to be responsible for the leak did it "to damage their former employer" the Daily Telegraph (News Corp boss suspected of link to Vince Cable leak, 23 July).
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George Mitrovich: Media and Moral Values
A media scandal has been unfolding in Great Britain, the likes of which has never been witnessed before.
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Major Literary Agency Announces New E-Book Services
Dystel & Goderich Literary Management, an agency whose clients include Barack Obama, Joy Bauer and Jacqueline Carey, has announced a new slate of e-book services for its clients. But, it stresses, it is not trying to compete with publishers.
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Major Literary Agency Announces New E-Book Services
Dystel & Goderich Literary Management, an agency whose clients include Barack Obama, Joy Bauer and Jacqueline Carey, has announced a new slate of e-book services for its clients. But, it stresses, it is not trying to compete with publishers.
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Read all about it...from gonzo to Le Carre via Waugh: 25 books to inspire journalism students
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