Evelyn Waugh
6 SeriesEvelyn Waugh (1903-1966) was an English author renowned for his literary fiction and nonfiction, characterized by sardonic wit and technical brilliance. Educated at Lancing College and Hertford College, Oxford, he served in the Royal Marines and Royal Horse Guards during World War II. Post-war, Waugh focused on his writing, cementing his reputation as a masterful prose stylist.
In Evelyn Waugh's "Decline and Fall," Paul Pennyfeather is unjustly expelled from Oxford and forced into a teaching career at Llanabba Castle. There, he befriends Beste-Chetwynde and becomes entangled with his mother, Margot, who introduces him to high society. Paul becomes engaged to Margot, but their wedding is interrupted by his arrest for involvement in her white slave-trading ring.
