Evelyn Waugh Signature Classics Collection (33 Novels and Short Stories). Illustrated : Decline and Fall, Vile Bodies, Love in the Slump, Too Much Tolerance, Excursion in Reality and many others, livre ebook

Evelyn Waugh’s Signature Classics Collection presents a rich and immersive literary experience, gathering thirty‑three of his most celebrated novels and short stories in beautifully illustrated editions. This anthology charts the creative evolution of one of the 20th century’s sharpest satirists and social commentators—from his youthful, glittering comedies of manners to his later, more contemplative and spiritual works.
The collection opens with the blisteringly funny debut Decline and Fall, a devastating satire on British public schools and class pretensions, followed by Vile Bodies, which captures the wild abandon and emptiness of the “Bright Young People” era. Early short‑story volumes such as Love in the Slump and Too Much Tolerance showcase Waugh’s talent for concise, witty storytelling and his ear for the absurdity lurking beneath polite society. Excursion in Reality transports the reader beyond the drawing‑rooms, into travel and the wider world, yet retains Waugh’s incisive wit and ironic stance.
Throughout these works, Waugh probes themes of identity, duty, faith, and decline, often using humour as a shield against sadness. His characters—eccentric yet achingly human—inhabit a world in transition, where old structures crumble and new uncertainties emerge. The illustrations in each volume enhance the mood and atmosphere, offering visual echoes of Waugh’s crisp prose and the world he depicts.
For both longtime admirers and new readers alike, this Signature Classics Collection is an essential tribute to Evelyn Waugh’s enduring voice. It invites you not merely to laugh at his satirical targets, but to reflect on the deeper questions behind the jest: what remains when the parties end, when the laughter fades, and only the truths we ignore are left standing.
Contents:
• Novels:
- Decline and Fall
- Vile Bodies
• Short fiction:
- The Balance
- A House of Gentlefolks
- The Manager of ‘The Kremlin’
- Love in the Slump
- Too Much Tolerance
- Excursion in Reality
- Incident in Azania
- Bella Fleace Gave a Party
- Cruise
- The Man Who Liked Dickens
- Out of Depth
- By Special Request
- Period Piece
- On Guard
- Winner Takes All
- An Englishman’s Home
- The Sympathetic Passenger
- My Father’s House
- Lucy Simmonds
- Charles Ryder’s Schooldays
- Compassion
• Juvenilia:
- The Curse Of The Horse Race
- Fidon’s Confetion
- Multa Pecunia
- Fragment Of A Novel
- The House: An Anti-Climax
• Oxford Stories:
- Portrait Of Young Man With Career
- Antony, Who Sought Things That Were Lost
- Edward Of Unique Achievement
- Fragments: They Dine With The Past
- Conspiracy To Murder
- Unacademic Exercise: A Nature Story
- The National Game