A Handful of Dust (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics S.) - Softcover

Waugh, Evelyn; Davis, R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014018886X ISBN 13: 9780140188868

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1997

Synopsis

From sleepy rural England to decadent London and the jungles of Brazil, Waugh's masterpiece describes the fortunes of Lady Brenda Last and her husband Tony, as her infatuation with the parasitic young man-about-town John Beaver leads to the break-upof their marriage.

About this title

Synopsis:

After seven years of marriage, the Lady Brenda Last is bored with country life at Hetton Abbey. She drifts into an affair with shallow young socialite, John Beaver, and forsakes her unsuspecting husband as she becomes involved with the glamorous Belgravia set.

About the Author:

Evelyn Waugh died in 1966. His many books include Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Scoop, Vile Bodies, Men at Arms and The Loved One.

A Handful of Dust is also available as a Penguin Audiobook, read by Simon Callow.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 014018886X
• ISBN 13: 9780140188868
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288