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Overview
Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh is a darkly comic satire about Paul Pennyfeather, a mild-mannered theology student who is unfairly expelled from Oxford and drawn into a series of absurd and increasingly disastrous events.
As Paul becomes a teacher at a shady school, gets engaged to a wealthy and morally dubious woman, and ultimately lands in prison, the novel mocks the hypocrisy, superficiality, and corruption of British society in the 1920s. Through its deadpan tone and farcical situations, Waugh critiques the decline of traditional values and the chaos of the modern world.
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- ISBN-13: 9798897185023
- ISBN-10: 9798897185023
- Publisher: Lushena Books
- Publish Date: July 2025
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.63 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.95 pounds
- Page Count: 180
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