description: A classic of our time, beautifully performed by Jeremy Irons and the basis of the award-winning television mini-series, Brideshead Revisited tells the story of the Marckmain family, as narrated by friend Charles Ryder. Aristocratic, beautiful, and charming, the Marchmains are indeed a symbol of England and her decline; the novel a mirror of the upper-class of the 1920s and the abdication of responsibility in the 1930s. Brideshead Revisited has become shorthand for a fantasy era of titled elegance, dead-end hedonism and fatuous wit.
language: English
title: Brideshead Revisited Unabridged
titlecomplete: Brideshead Revisited Unabridged
characters: Charles Ryder, Lord Sebastian Flyte, Lady Julia Flyte, Rex Mottram, Anthony Blanche
genres: Fiction, Historical, British Literature, LGBT, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 109034
places: Venice, England, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, London, England, Oxford University, Oxford, England
publisher: Caedmon