I ve decide to bring some 1920’s and 30’s joy in to my summer reading and read three classics of the era I ve ordered them from library so just have to wait they are –
DECLINE AND FALL BY EVELYN WAUGH –
I ve read other Waughs this was Waughs first novel and is set in the heart of the bright young thing scene and follows paul pennyweather from heady days in Oxford to a teaching job in Wales and also his involvement in boilnger club .
PARTY GOING BY HENRY GREEN –
Henry green is someone I ve been meaning to get too for a long time , party going is a book about a group of bright young things caught in a hotel where the action all takes part in his day Green was Waughs greatest rival ,but in the last decade has fallen out of favour ,this is considered his best book .
A BUYER’S MARKET BY ANTHONY POWELL –
This is the second part of his twelve novel cycle a dance to the music of time ,last summer I read the first part of the cycle question of upbringing ,so again I join Nick Jenkins this time he has left school and uni ,now enters society in the late 20’s
A slight change from usual books but I do love english classics so be a nice summery read for me
As always, thank you so much for sharing your reads, Stu! Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited being one of my all time favourites and – of course – for an anglophile German the incorporation of Englishness – I will now add Decline and Fall to my pile.
Love, Tati
good ,eould look at henry green too he is very underrated now but was waughs biggest rival at the time ,all the best stu
Oh, didn’t think of him at all, thanks a lot! Which one would you recommend, if I may ask?
party going meant be his best or loving ,all the best stu
Dankeschön! 🙂
These sound wonderful. I wish I could join you, but I’m going to do a summer of not too many scheduled reading.
thats ok iris ,all the best stu
An interesting selection Stu. And it’ll make a refreshing change for you to jump onto another literary ship for a bit.
Enjoy
Rob
yes ,been neglecting english books for a while so a nice change ,all the best stu
Sounds interesting Stu. Especially the Waugh book!
yes his debut novel should be good ,I ve loved other books of his I ve read ,all the best stu
These all look great! I haven’t read any Waugh yet, but I’m interested to try some, and more literature from the 20’s and 30’s in general.
waugh would be a good place to start ,all the best stu
I love Waugh so will be eagerly anticipating your thoughts on Decline and Fall, I have never heard of the others so will also be looking out for your thoughts on those to see what I have been missing.
thanks simon ,yes green and powell have fallen out sight a bit ,all the best stu
Great choices! I love the 20s and 30s and have read a couple of Waughs which I loved. I’ve got the whole set of Powell’s novels which I found in a charity shop but haven’t started them yet. And I’ve heard about Henry Green but not read anything by him – looking forward to reading his books too.
thanks should be soon getting from library over weekend ,all the best stu