num_pages: 331
description: Charles Ryder, a lonely student at Oxford, is captivated by the outrageous and decadent Sebastian Flyte. Invited to Brideshead, Sebastian's magnificent family home, Charles welcome the attentions of its eccentric, aristocratic inhabitants, gradually becoming infatuated with them and the life of privilege the inhabit--in particular, with Sebastian's remote sister Julia. But he gradually comes to recognize his spiritual and social distance from them, eventually discovering a world where duty and desire, faith and happiness are in conflict.
language: English
title: Brideshead Revisited
titlecomplete: Brideshead Revisited
characters: Rex Mottram, Lady Julia Flyte, Charles Ryder, Lord Sebastian Flyte, Anthony Blanche
genres: Classics, British Literature, LGBT, Historical, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literature, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 109014
places: Oxford University, Oxford, England, England, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, London, England, Venice
publisher: Penguin Books