![]() ![]() What do you think of the style in which it is written?.To what extent is the novel a glorification or nostalgic view of a dying British aristocracy?.But as Charles’ emotional relationship with the Marchmain family deepens, he finds himself continually at odds with their deepest family bond, that of their overpowering Catholic faith. When he is invited to “Brideshead” the Flyte family’s magnificent ancestral home, Charles becomes infatuated with Julia, Sebastian’s beautiful sister. The story begins in 1925 at Oxford, when Charles Ryder is befriended by the louche and flamboyant Sebastian Flyte, son of Lord Marchmain, and is quickly seduced by an exciting new world of money, glamour and outrageous behaviour. It is an evocative and poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence, set in pre-war England when privileged aristocracy fell into decline. Our book choice for January 2012 is Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh. ![]()
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