There are several references to Nazism, fascism, and to the rise of Hitler in Germany throughout the novel, which were central factors in the outbreak of World War II. The decline of Charles and Sebastian’s relationship, as time goes on, reflects the prospect of a second war which ended this brief period of respite in Europe, as international tensions began to build again in the 1930s.
The decadence and hedonism of the 1920s, reflected by Charles and Sebastian’s as students, is tempered with memories of the war among the older generation, and a nostalgia for a time before World War I. Charles’s early life at university reflects the post-war years of the 1920s, in which British society was recovering from the enormous loss of life and huge cultural upheaval caused by World War I. He died of heart failure in 1966.īrideshead Revisited is set in the period between the end of World War I in 1918 and the beginning of World War II in 1939. Waugh suffered a nervous breakdown in 1953 and, although he recovered, his health was poor after this. After Brideshead, Waugh wrote a series of novels about Catholicism, but they did not receive the same degree of success. This novel was extremely successful and made Waugh famous. He injured himself in a parachuting accident in 1944 and, during his recovery period, wrote Brideshead Revisited. Waugh served in World War II but was undisciplined and unsuited to military life. In 1930, Waugh converted to Catholicism and married Laura Herbert.
He became a war correspondent, covering events in Africa and South America and travelling extensively during this period. Waugh began to gain a reputation as a writer and worked for several well-known magazines and newspapers.
At the end of this year, Waugh married Evelyn Gardner, but the couple separated two years later. Shortly after this, his comedic satire, Decline and Fall, also went into print. His first book, based on the life of the painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti, was published in 1927. Waugh did not complete his degree at Oxford, and instead enrolled in art school, which he also did not complete. During this period, he had several homosexual relationships. Instead, he gained a notorious reputation for his drinking and his sardonic, unconventional approach to politics and culture. He received a scholarship to attend Oxford University but studied little during his time there. Waugh was a clever and inventive child, writing short stories and plays from a young age. Waugh’s family moved to the nearby countryside in 1907, and Waugh enjoyed his childhood in this idyllic setting. Evelyn Waugh was born to wealthy parents in 1903 in London.
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