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Evelyn Waugh biography

Evelyn Waugh was an English novelist, biographer and travel writer. He studied at Hertford College, Oxford, before working briefly as a schoolteacher and journalist.

Waugh’s early satirical novels include Decline and Fall (1928) and A Handful of Dust (1934). He gained international recognition with Brideshead Revisited (1945), which explores themes of faith, memory and social change in interwar England. His later work includes the Sword of Honour trilogy (1952–1961), based on his experiences in the Second World War.

He also wrote biographies, travel books and essays, and his works remain widely studied in schools and universities. Brideshead Revisited was first published in 1945.