A Handful of Dust

It would be a dull world if we all thought alike.''br>br>After seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last is bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband, Tony. She drifts into an affair with the shallow socialite John Beaver and forsakes Tony for the Belgravia set. Brilliantly combining tragedy, comedy and savage irony, A Handful of Dust captures the irresponsible mood of the ''crazy and sterile generation'' between the wars. br>br>The Penguin English Library - collectable general readers'' editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century to the end of the Second World War.>

Product details

• Authors: Evelyn Waugh
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9780241341100
• ISBN: 978-0-241-34110-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 14 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; The Penguin English Library; Penguin Classics; The Penguin English Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; England, FICTION / Literary, Brazil, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, c 1930 to c 1939, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Biographical fiction, FICTION / World Literature / England / 20th Century, Satirical style / satire, Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages