Brideshead Revisited

Waugh's most deeply felt novel . . . Brideshead Revisited tells an absorbing story in imaginative terms . . . Mr. Waugh is very definitely an artist, with something like a genius for precision and clarity not surpassed by any novelist writing in English in his time. - New York Times A many-faceted book . . . Beautifully [written] by one of the most exhilarating stylists of our time. - Newsweek First and last an enchanting story . . . Brideshead Revisited has a magic that is rare in current literature. It is a world in itself, and the reader lives in it and is loath to leave it when the last page is turned. - Saturday Review Evelyn Waugh's most successful novel . . . A memorable work of art. -from the Introduction by Frank Kermode