However, when his company is stationed at an old country manor called Brideshead Castle, he becomes overwhelmed with nostalgia. It tells the story of Charles Ryder's infatuation with the Marchmains and the rapidly-disappearing world of privilege they inhabit. But the closer he becomes to the family, the more Charles finds himself in conflict with the rigid religious faith of Lady Marchmain.Īdapted from the partially autobiographical novel by Evelyn Waugh. Evelyn Waugh and Brideshead Revisited Background Summary Full Book Summary Toward the end of World War II, Captain Charles Ryder has fallen out of love with the army. The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age before the Second World War.
Invited to stay at Brideshead, the imposing Marchmain ancestral home, he falls in love with Sebastian’s sister Julia. Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited was first brought to the screen in 1981, with the landmark ITV production starring Jeremy Irons as Ryder, Anthony Andrews as Sebastian and Diana Quick as Julia. As a youth, Sebastian possesses an exuberance and innate understanding of beauty that charms everyone around him. Charles is soon seduced by the social status of his new friend’s family and the world to which they open doors for him. Evelyn Waugh and Brideshead Revisited Background Characters Lord Sebastian Flyte Sebastian, Charles’s first love, is a tragic figure who spends most of his life trying to escape adulthood and responsibility. Brideshead Revisited is an evocative and poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence, set in pre-war England when privileged aristocracy fell into decline. The story begins in Oxford in 1925, when young Charles Ryder makes friends with the louche and flamboyant Sebastian Flyte, son of Lady and Lord Marchmain. Brideshead Revisited, The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder, satirical novel by Evelyn Waugh, published in 1945.
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