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Evelyn Waugh (28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) was an English novelist and essayist. He first achieved fame with satirical novels such as ''[[Decline and Fall]]'' (1928) and ''[[A Handful of Dust]]'' (1934), before widening his appeal with the elegaic ''[[Brideshead Revisited]]'' (1945) and the more pessimistic ''[[Sword of Honour]]'' (1952, 1955, 1961) trilogy. [[William F. Buckley]]  described him as "the greatest English novelist of the century."
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'''Evelyn Waugh''' (28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) was an English novelist and essayist. He first achieved fame with satirical novels such as ''[[Decline and Fall]]'' (1928) and ''[[A Handful of Dust]]'' (1934), before widening his appeal with the elegiac ''[[Brideshead Revisited]]'' (1945) and the more pessimistic ''[[Sword of Honour]]'' (1952, 1955, 1961) trilogy. [[William F. Buckley]]  described him as "the greatest English novelist of the century."
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==Early Life==
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==Early life==
    
Evelyn Waugh was the son of Arthur Waugh, a publisher, and the brother of Alec Waugh, a popular novelist. Raised in Hampstead, he attended Sherborne public school and Hertford College, [[Oxford]]. While at college, he drank heavily and studied rarely. His experience at Oxford later inspired the early sections of ''Brideshead Revisited''
 
Evelyn Waugh was the son of Arthur Waugh, a publisher, and the brother of Alec Waugh, a popular novelist. Raised in Hampstead, he attended Sherborne public school and Hertford College, [[Oxford]]. While at college, he drank heavily and studied rarely. His experience at Oxford later inspired the early sections of ''Brideshead Revisited''
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