Evelyn Waugh

Kevin Kwan on His Love of Classics (Even if He’s Still Never Read Middlemarch)

The Author of “Lies and Weddings” Recommends Evelyn Waugh and Alan Hollinghurst

 
By Kevin Kwan  May 21, 2024
2023 Oscars

Oscars Countdown: What to Read (and Watch) After Triangle of Sadness

By Literary Hub  March 7, 2023
The Hub

Evelyn Waugh’s mansion just sold for £3m, but the “superfans” living there refuse to leave.

By Emily Temple  December 16, 2022
Keen On

Not Far From Brideshead: On the Sad Glitter of Oxford Between the Wars

By Keen On  March 31, 2022
Education

Getting By in Prison With Nothing But Books

By Daniel Genis  February 22, 2022
The History of Literature

Phil Klay on Evelyn Waugh’s Catholic, Conservative, and Curmudgeonly Ways

By History of Literature  December 20, 2021
Money

Deus Ex Machina with a Credit Card: On the Pleasures of Writing Supremely Rich Characters

By Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta  July 7, 2021
Quotations

Towards the Heart of a Book: In Praise of the Epigraph

By Thomas Swick  June 23, 2021
Travel

Evelyn Waugh’s twelve-bedroom house—complete with party barn—is now for sale.

By Walker Caplan  May 14, 2021
Historical Fiction

How Do You Write a Historical Novel About Under-Documented Lives?

By Emily Hourican  May 5, 2021
Reading Lists

In Praise of the Graceless Literary Exit: A Reading List

By KT Sparks  April 19, 2021
Literary Icons

Ten Savage Insults From Literary Icons

By Literary Hub  March 31, 2021
The Hub

Fun fact: Evelyn Waugh’s first wife was also named Evelyn.

By Olivia Rutigliano  April 27, 2020
Important Literary Discourse

5 Literary Classics That Should be Adapted as High School Rom-Coms Immediately

By Emily Temple  February 21, 2020
The Hub

Evelyn Waugh’s granddaughter is publishing a “crime comedy” spinoff of Brideshead Revisited.

By Emily Temple  January 31, 2020
Feature

The 50 Greatest Literary TV Adaptations Ever, Ranked

By Emily Temple  February 27, 2019
What to Read

8 Novels for the Literate Oenophile

By Jay McInerney  November 30, 2018
Design

32 Beautiful Early Dust Jackets for Iconic Books

By Emily Temple  November 21, 2018
Feature

What Your New Roommate’s Favorite Book Says About Them

By Emily Temple  September 4, 2018
Feature

A Tour of the Grandest Buildings in Literature

By Fiona Davis  August 7, 2018
Criticism

Not Everyone Loves Proust

By Emily Temple  July 10, 2018
Feature

A Visual Tour of 35 Literary Bars and Cafés from Around the World

By Emily Temple  February 9, 2018
What to Read

The Books That Made Your Favorite Writers Want to Write

By Emily Temple  April 26, 2017
Did you know?

The Notorious Legends and Dubious Stories of 10 Literary Deaths

By Emily Temple  April 13, 2017
Archives

The Time Mario Puzo Wrote a Takedown of The Paris Review

By M. J. Moore  December 9, 2016
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