Vile Bodies
by WAUGH, Evelyn
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Quinton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1930. 1st edition. Hardcover. Excellent red-and-black snakeskin-patterned boards, slightly darkened spine, strong gilt spine lettering, square binding, pages and endpapers very clean with no hint of foxing. This first impression of Waugh's second novel, a satire on the' Bright Young Things' of the era, is scarce in such nice condition.
Synopsis
Vile Bodies is a 1930 novel by Evelyn Waugh satirising decadent young London society between World War I and World War II. The title comes from the Epistle to the Philippians 3:21. The book was originally to be called "Bright Young Things" (which went on to be the title of Stephen Fry's 2003 film); Waugh changed it because he decided the phrase had become too clichéd.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shellhouse Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- PSHB8283
- Title
- Vile Bodies
- Author
- WAUGH, Evelyn
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1930
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction
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