Decline and Fall
Recommended by David Hargreaves, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #50 in English Writer, Ranked #50 in 1920S
Expelled from Oxford for indecent behaviour, Paul Pennyfeather is oddly unsurprised to find himself qualifying for the position of schoolmaster at Llanabba Castle. His colleagues are an assortment of misfits, including Prendy (plagued by doubts) and captain Grimes, who is always in the soup (or just plain drunk). Then Sports Day arrives, and with it the delectable Margot Beste-Chetwynde, floating on a scented breeze. As the farce unfolds and the young run riot, no one is safe, least of all Paul. Taking its title from Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Evelyn Waugh's first,... more
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David Hargreaves Waugh is so good at this business of letting us imagine that life goes arse-over-tip and then seeing what happens. (Source)
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