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Brideshead Regained: Continuing the Memoirs of Charles Ryder by Michael Johnston.
Brideshead Revisited: The Sequel
Michael Johnston has written a sequel to Brideshead Revisited, entitled Brideshead Regained: Continuing the Memoirs of Charles Ryder. The novel will be published in 2003 and officially launched at the Evelyn Waugh Centenary Conference in September.
The cover of the novel offers the following information:



Many admirers of Evelyn Waugh’s classic novel Brideshead Revisited and the celebrated television series must have wondered what lay in the future for Charles Ryder and the aristocratic Flyte family he loved. In this ‘fine sequel to one of the greatest stories ever told’ (Sheridan Morley), Michael Johnston effortlessly recreates their world as we follow Ryder on a dangerous journey through the Second World War.


Ryder’s memoirs open in 1945 at Brideshead, where the family have gathered for the funeral of their beloved Nanny Hawkins, triggering his account of the intervening years. Appointed a war artist, Charles was swept into the company of Eisenhower, Churchill and De Gaulle, his painting expeditions leading to a chance encounter with the lost Sebastian. His artistic reputation at an all-time high, Charles tumbles through a war-torn Europe, witnessing the worst horrors and greatest victories, At last, his health in ruins, he is invited back to Brideshead for the funeral …


The scene is set for a final high drama as Ryder returns to the company of Julia and Cordelia Flyte, Bridey, Rex Mottram, ‘Boy’ Mulcaster, his ex-wife Celia and their two children, John & Caroline. In Brideshead Regained, Michael Johnston has achieved that most difficult of literary tasks, a seamless sequel to one of the greatest works in English literature.



Also according to the cover,



After a business visit to Castle Howard, the television location of Evelyn Waugh’s most famous book, Brideshead Revisited, Michael Johnston felt Waugh’s centenary had to be marked by a tribute. His offering takes the form of an unauthorised sequel, continuing the memoirs of Charles Ryder.


Johnston has been writing all his life but his published work to date consists of book reviews and several radio documentaries for the BBC. His varied career began reading stories in Children’s Hour and interviewing a teenage Fran



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A fragment about the young Charles Ryder entitled Charles Ryder’s Schooldays was found after Waugh’s death, and is available in collections of Waugh’s short works.

(Wikipedia)


amazon.co.uk


ozon


Jorkins

Charles Ryder’s SchooldaysJorkins appears also in Charles Ryder’s Schooldays, the short story EW wrote soon after BR but never wanted to publish. The story is far too esoteric for general consumption, dealing as it does with minutiae of schoolboy life in an exclusive school; indeed one would need to have gone to Lancing College, EW’s old school, in order to understand it easily. In the short story Jorkins is a rather sad boy who gets snubbed by Charles and his companions.

(Cliffe)





@темы: books, charles, Charles Ryder's Schooldays

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Brideshead Revisited:

The complete text of the 1st edition





@темы: books, downloads

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Evelyn Waugh was introduced to the bright young things at Oxford, but it was his time spent at Madresfield Court that exposed him fully to the conscientious hedonism of the aristocracy and which provided him with the inspiration for his best-known novel. By Jane Mulvagh






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Madresfield Court in Worcestershire.





another hour
The timing is revealing. They left Oxford at nine o’clock and drove for two hours, leaving Swindon behind them before stopping for wine and strawberries. They then drove for another hour (three in all so far) and then dined at the farmhouse inn. They drove on after an unspecified lunchtime and for an unspecified period before arriving ‘in the early afternoon’. They can hardly have driven for much less than a total of four hours. On the roads of that time they could not have averaged much above 20 m.p.h., which puts Brideshead at (say) between 60 and 100 miles from Oxford.

(Cliffe)





@темы: brideshead, geography

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the Bride … the Avon There is a River Bride in Dorset which rises in a lake near which Bridehead House is situated. I do not know whether EW drew on these names for his Castle and river. There are three rivers Avon which it seems at this stage EW could be referring to. It is almost as if he is playing a game with his readers - now guess which one it is. One is the Warwickshire Avon which flows west through Shakespeare’s Stratford to the Severn; another flows into the Bristol Channel; and the third flows south into the English Channel near Bournemouth.

(Cliffe)



Brideshead Castle, Wiltshire Now we learn in which county Brideshead is situated. It is still not quite clear which River Avon it is near : it is not the Warwickshire Avon but both remaining candidates pass through Wiltshire.

(Cliffe)



Melstead Carbury There is no such place. EW does not say where Charles changed to a local line, but it is most probably Swindon - he would have had time for dinner between Reading and Swindon. There is a local line from Swindon which goes through Chippenham and Melksham to Trowbridge and Bradford-on-Avon. This is the Avon that enters the Bristol Channel through the Avon Gorge : as a result it is the likeliest candidate for Brideshead’s Avon. One cannot determine which town, if any, served as a model for Melstead Carbury, though Iain Gale (in Waugh’s World) places Brideshead Castle near Chippenham.

(Cliffe)





@темы: brideshead, geography

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9 ‘C’ company There are four rifle companies in this battalion, named after the first four letters of the alphabet. Charles Ryder commands C Company. Each company has three platoons; one of Ryder’s platoons is commanded by Mr Hooper. Each platoon would usually have three squads of twelve men each. The officer in charge of a company would be a captain (as Ryder is), that of a battalion usually a colonel (probably not a full colonel). There would be two or more battalions in a regiment, which would have a historically strong connexion to a base territory in Britain. To form a brigade, which had no such territorial loyalty, individual battalions could be drawn from several regiments. The brigade would naturally be headed by a brigadier. Battalions were always infantry organisations, but the term regiment was used by all branches of the army, including artillery and cavalry. (In fact in 1939 the British Army was the only army in the world which had dispensed with all horse cavalry for military use.)

(Cliffe)


When did Charles become captain?



11 the outbreak of war World War II started on 3rd September 1939 when France and Great Britain declared war on Germany after German forces had invaded Poland on 1st September. Since Ryder soon compares his feelings about the army to ‘the fourth year of his marriage’ to a now-unloved wife and we know that the first leaves of spring are unfolding and that it is three months since they arrived at a time when snow covered the area (page 9), it seems that the date is February or March 1943, probably the latter month. But later (page 23) Ryder states that it was more than twenty years since he had first been to Brideshead with Sebastian and as we know that was in June 1923 (page 24), it is just as likely to be early 1944. To my mind, 1943 is a likelier date because this was a year of aimless wanderings by army units; by 1944 the invasion of Normandy was in active preparation and everything was far more purposeful.

(Cliffe)


Also:



11 volunteered for special service Special Forces was the title for such organisations as the Commandos and the Special Air Service (S.A.S.), formed early in the war to maintain an offensive posture against the otherwise all-conquering Germans. EW himself joined the Commandos; Charles clearly did not.




@темы: charles, army

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In both the classic television series and the new movie, the Brideshead estate is “played” by Castle Howard in North Yorkshire, England.





@темы: films, brideshead

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“Readers who interpret the relationship as overtly homosexual quote such lines as the fact that Charles had been “in search of love in those days” when he first met Sebastian, and his finding “that low door in the wall … which opened on an enclosed and enchanted garden” — an image that some interpret as a Freudian metaphor for gay sex, though it recurs when Charles is expelled from Brideshead by Lady Marchmain, suggesting it refers more generally to the glamorous world Sebastian represents: ‘a door had shut, the low door in the wall I had sought and found in Oxford.’ It may also be an homage to Lewis Carroll and his work Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. In the story, Alice travels to Wonderland through a rabbit hole and the inspiration for this lay in there being a low door in the wall to the garden of the headmaster of Christ College. That is where the real life inspiration of Alice (the headmaster’s daughter) used to play with her sisters and sometimes were entertained by Carroll.”



@темы: motifs, the Alice-in-Wonderland side

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To be improved and updated.



  1. Charles Ryder

  2. Lord Sebastian Flyte

  3. Lady Julia Flyte

  4. Lady (Teresa) Marchmain

  5. Lord (Alex, ‘Bridey’) Marchmain

  6. Cara (Mrs Hicks)

  7. Mr. (Ned) Ryder

  8. Anthony Blanche

  9. The Earl of Brideshead

  10. Lady Cordelia Flyte

  11. Mr. Samgrass of All Souls

  12. Rex Mottram

  13. ‘Boy’ Mulcaster

  14. Celia Mulcaster

  15. Kurt

  16. Hooper

  17. Lunt

  18. Hardcastle

  19. Jasper

  20. Mr. Collins

  21. Mr. Partridge

  22. Hobson

  23. Armand, Duc de Vincennes

  24. Philippe, Duc de Vincennes

  25. Stefanie

  26. Poppy

  27. Sir Adrian Porson

  28. Monsignor Bell

  29. Hayer

  30. Melchior

  31. Mrs. Abel

  32. Phillipa

  33. Jorkins

  34. Sir Cuthbert

  35. Lady Orme-Herrick

  36. Miss Gloria Orme-Herrick

  37. Wilcox

  38. Father Phipps

  39. Francis Xavier(the pig!)

  40. Plender

  41. Ned (lady Marchmain oldest brother, of three)

  42. Fanny Rosscommon

  43. Borethus

  44. Charlie Kilcartney

  45. The Strickland-Venables

  46. Brenda Champion

  47. Father Mowbray

  48. Aunt Betty

  49. Sarah Evangeline Cutler

  50. Jean de Brissac la Motte

  51. Nada Alopov

  52. Jean Luxmore

  53. Bill Meadow

  54. ‘Johnjohn’ (Ryder)

  55. Caroline (Ryder)

  56. Bertha Van Halt

  57. Sir Joseph Emden

  58. Mrs. Stuyvesant Oglander

  59. Mr. Kramm

  60. Senator Stuyvesant Oglander

  61. Margot

  62. Grizel

  63. Beryl Muspratt

  64. Robin

  65. The Superior

  66. Father Mackay

  67. The Quartering Commandant

  68. Father Membling

  69. Mrs. Hawkins

  70. Cyril

  71. Tom

  72. C.O.





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Farart @ DeviantArt:

A total of 38 embedded pictures. That is about all the fanart for Brideshead available.





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23:46

Audiobook

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Brideshead Revisited (unabridged) read by Jeremy Irons: torrent; mp3; 56kbps; Chivers Audio Books 2000.





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Oxford of Fez


Fez is famous for its univercity which is considered to be the oldest in the world.





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With a few filters on






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14:48

Why does everyone except me find it so easy to be nice?
Возвращение в Мэдресфилд
Я – это не я;
ты – это не он и не она;
они – не они.
И.В.
«Возвращение в Брайдсхед»


Перечитанная книга и уже пересмотренный фильм не отпускают. «Я влюбился в семью», - написал Во и мне захотелось выяснить, что это была за семья.
Своей подруге леди Дороти Лигон он писал о книге так: «Она о семье, глава которой живет за границей, как Бум, но он – не Бум; и младший сын – люди скажут, что он похож на Хьюи, но ты увидишь, что он не совсем Хьюи; и их дом мог бы быть Мэдом, но не совсем Мэд»

Несмотря на эти слова и на примечание автора, вынесенного в эпиграф, общественное мнение о романе было таково: «Это семья Лигон». читать дальше До самой смерти в 2001 году Дороти занималась архивом мужа, публикацией его книг.
Не смотря на то, что она написала Во: «Себастьян заставил меня почувствовать угрызения совести», всю жизнь Дороти горячо отрицала вероятность того, что Возвращение в Брайдсхед» было историей Лигонов.

Поместье Мэдресфилд сейчас принадлежит леди Розалинд Моррисон. Ее отец, младший сын графа и графини Бичам Дики дал ей прочесть «Возвращение в Брайдсхед» когда она была подростком. Так же как и Оберон Во своему сыну, он подтвердил, что сходства с семейной историей, которые она обнаружила, - несомненно не случайны.

«Я пишу очень красивую, вызывающую слезы книгу об очень богатых, красивых, высокорожденных людях, живущих во дворцах и не имеющих проблем, кроме тех, что они создают себе сами…». Из письма к Дороти Лигон.



Цитаты из «Возвращения в Брайдсхед» даны в переводе Инны Бернштейн.

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17:48

Why does everyone except me find it so easy to be nice?

THE DISCUSSION CLUB "FROM PAPER TO FILM" посвящен экранизациям художественной литературы.

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С 28 февраля встречи проходят в двух группах еженедельно. Одна - по понедельникам, вторая - по четвергам. В 18.00

Встречи клуба откроют роман Ивлина Во, ставший классикой английской литературы, и многосерийный фильм Granada TV (1981), вошедший в список сотни лучших британских телевизионных программ, по версии Британского института кино. Будем смотреть, читать и обсуждать “Brideshead Revisited”!

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Why does everyone except me find it so easy to be nice?
Картинки отсюда.
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Купить книгу Питера Дармана "Униформа Второй мировой. Полная иллюстрированная энциклопедия"

@темы: charles, army

16:56

Edward bear

Why does everyone except me find it so easy to be nice?
В США, Великобритании и скандинавских странах есть особый праздник — День Плюшевого Мишки. Его празднуют 27 октября. День Российского мишки Тедди отмечают 19 ноября

[...]
В 1902 году президент США Теодор Рузвельт пощадил на охоте американского чёрного медведя, загнанного охотничьей командой с собаками, полузабитого и привязанного к дереву (иве). Рузвельта пригласили отстрелить добычу. Он отказался сделать это сам, мотивируя тем, что это "неспортивно", но распорядился медведя пристрелить, дабы прекратить его мучения. История попала в газетные карикатуры, но со временем была адаптирована по конъюнктурным соображениям, и медведь превратился в маленького симпатичного медвежонка (как в "Вашингтон пост" от 16 ноября 1902 г.). Детали истории со временем размылись, осталась главная - Тедди (прозвище Рузвельта) отказался стрелять в медвежонка. Одна из карикатур с уменьшенным до медвежонка масштабом попалась на глаза жене Морриса Мичтома, эмигранта из России (настоящее имя неизвестно), владельца магазина игрушек. Она и сшила первого медвежонка, похожего на медведя из карикатуры. Он был установлен на витрине магазина и назван «Медвежонок Тедди», в честь президента Рузвельта. Новая игрушка вызвала у покупателей небывалый интерес и вскоре, получив согласие Рузвельта на использование его имени, Мичтом основал компанию Ideal Toy Company, занимавшуюся выпуском игрушечных медвежат. И хотя успех медвежат был колоссальным, Мичтому он не принес богатства. Он допустил серьёзную ошибку — не запатентовал новую игрушку и её название. Вскоре появилось множество компаний, выпускающих похожих медвежат и пользующихся его изобретением.

[...]
Первая книга о приключениях плюшевого мишки была написана в 1907 в США писательницей Элис Склотт. Всего за время его существования по всему миру вышло около 400 книг различных авторов, в которых главным героем был плюшевый мишка. Одна из самых известных — это сказка английского писателя Александра Милна «Винни-Пух», впервые изданная в 1926 году.

(Вики)

One of the oldest remaining American manufacturers that produces "Made in the USA" teddy bears is Stuffington Bear Factory, open since 1959.[10] In the United Kingdom one small, traditional teddy bear company remains, Merrythought, which was established in 1930.[11]

(Wiki)

More Great Years: The 1920s - 1940s
With the exception of the four years when World War I raged in Europe, the next 25 years were kind to the teddy bear. Mass production had not yet taken over the teddy bear world, and people still preferred to buy high quality, hand-finished teddy bears.

Because World War I interrupted the flow of teddy bears from Germany, new teddy bear industries developed outside Germany. Chad Valley, Chiltern, and Dean's joined Farnell in England; Pintel and Fadap were begun in France, and Joy Toys in Australia. The bears themselves changed, too. Boot-button eyes were replaced by glass, and excelsior stuffing was replaced by a softer alternative, kapok.
The United States was relatively untouched by the war, and its teddy bear industry continued to grow. For example, the Knickerbocker Toy Company got its start in 1920 and continues to make teddy bears today.


(Marianne Clay. "The History of the Teddy Bear")

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Why does everyone except me find it so easy to be nice?
Он посвящён бессмертному переводу и Инне Максимовне Бернштейн лично.

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