作者简介
伊夫林·沃(1903-1966)英国小说家,被誉为"英语文学极具摧毁力、成果显著的讽刺小说家之一"。是一位的文体家,作品文字简洁,文笔辛辣,结构巧妙。
1903年,伊夫林·沃出生于英国汉普斯特德的一个文学世家,父亲是出版商和文学评论家。沃从小受家庭环境影响,热爱文学。自1928年发表部长篇小说《衰落与瓦解》一举成名后,他先后出版了20余部长篇小说,多部短篇小说集及不少游记。
1998年,的兰登书屋现代文库评选出"20世纪百佳英文小说",沃有三部作品入选,包括《一g尘土》(1934)、《独jia新闻》(1938)、《故园风雨后》(1945)。
目录
CHAPTER 1 DU CÔTÉ DE CHEZ BEAVER
CHAPTER 2 ENGLISH GOTHIC
CHAPTER 3 HARD CHEESE ON TONY
CHAPTER 4 ENGLISH GOTHIC—II
CHAPTER 5 IN SEARCH OF A CITY
CHAPTER 6 DU CÔTÉ DE CHEZ TODD
CHAPTER 7 ENGLISH GOTHIC—III
内容摘要
One of 100 Best English-language Novels Published Since 1923
No. 34 in the Modern Library's List of 100 Best Novels
A Handful of Dust is a novel by the British writer Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1934. It is often grouped with the author's early, satirical comic novels for which he became famous in the pre-World War II years.
Set between the wars in the chic upper-middle classes in and around London, A Handful of Dust is full of horrible people doing horrible things to each other, but it adds up to a bitter indictment of human behaviour. And it's not all jokes. There's despair lurking beneath the brittle laughs, and sadness at the waste of potential...
The book's initial critical reception was modest, but it was popular with the public and has never been out of print. In the years since publication the book's reputation has grown; it is generally considered one of Waugh's best works, and has more than once figured on unoffi lists of the 20th century's best novels.
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★ 入选兰登书屋现代文库“20世纪百佳英文小说”★ 被《时代》周刊评为百佳英文小说★ 本书为全英文版,精校未删减,经典32开本便于随身携带阅读。★ 学好英语,从原版阅读开始。
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