| − | 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]]'' and ''[[A Handful of Dust]]'', before widening his appeal with the elegaic ''[[Brideshead Revisited]]'' and the more pessimistic ''[[Sword of Honour]]'' trilogy. [[William F. Buckley]] described him as "the greatest English novelist of the century." | + | 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." |