Slowly their lives unfold against the bigger backdrop of world events, culminating with World War II.
They are seen through the eyes of their friend Charles Ryder, our narrator, who becomes friends with the second son, Sebastian, at Oxford. The story itself is rather loose and follows the lives of the Marchmains, a well-to-do Catholic family in post World War I England.
He also gives each character a distinct voice, which is harder than it sounds. For this audiobook, Irons' reading is superb, and he gently teases out all the poetic nuances of the language. I have not seen any film/TV adaptations of this story, but I have heard that they differ widely from the book. I listened to this story on audiobook, read by Jeremy Irons, who also played in the 1981 adaptation as Charles Ryder. Waugh reads like a masculine Daphne du Maurier, sensitive and atmospheric. Show More you can feel smug that you won't be fooled by the first name.
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