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Decline and Fall is a novel by the English author Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1928. It was Waugh's first published novel; an earlier attempt, titled The Temple at Thatch, was destroyed by Waugh while still in manuscript form.
- Evelyn Waugh
- 1928
Watch Jack Whitehall as Paul Pennyfeather, a divinity student expelled from Oxford for indecent exposure, in this adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's satire of 1920s British society. See cast, reviews, trivia and more on IMDb.
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Decline and Fall is a three-part British comedy drama series based on the 1928 novel of the same name by Evelyn Waugh that first aired from 31 March to 14 April 2017 on BBC One. It was adapted by James Wood and directed by Guillem Morales.
Decline and Fall is an amusing satire that skewers many aspects of British society in the 1920s. Waugh takes special aim at the foibles and pretensions of the upper classes and their institutions. Neither Oxford nor public school education escapes his pen.
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- Evelyn Waugh
Decline and Fall, first novel of Evelyn Waugh, published in 1928, a social satire based on his own experiences as a teacher. The protagonist, Paul Pennyfeather, accepts passively all that befalls him. Expelled for indecent behaviour from Scone College, Oxford, he becomes a teacher.
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Jul 16, 2020 · This acclaimed BBC adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's (Brideshead Revisited) novel follows Paul Pennyfeather (Jack Whitehall, Fresh Meat), an unassuming Oxford theology student whose expulsion...
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Adapted from Evelyn Waugh's novel, the series follows Paul Pennyfeather's misadventures after being expelled from Oxford. Watch episodes, clips and cast profiles on iPlayer.
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