Brideshead Revisited Evelyn Waugh

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@147Matsapha 8 ай бұрын

Jeremy Irons does a magnificent reading of this treasured old book.

@tmthyha Жыл бұрын

Here, at the age of thirty-nine, I began to be old.

@fieldsofgold775 8 ай бұрын

It doesn’t get any better than this. Pure Art. The noblest of what humanity has to offer itself.

@michaelpresberg3817 2 жыл бұрын

Book One Chp 1 - 30:00 Chp 2 - 1:10:33 Chp 3 - 1:55:02 Chp 4 - 2:30:24 Chp 5 - 3:21:22 Book Two Chp 1 - 4:50:48 Chp 2 - 5:49:03 Chp 3 - 6:34:37 Book Three Chp 1 - 7:19:55 (key opening line here, arguably announcing the theme of the entire book) Chp 2 - 8:38:08 Chp 3 - 9:02:11 Chp 4 - 9:38:21 Chp 5 - 10:11:53 Epilogue - 11:18:11

@mikenccc1955 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for those

@ingejustavanderhelm5208 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Michael.

@benheideveld4617 2 жыл бұрын

Most useful

@abbifisher9897 Жыл бұрын

You are a saint.

@teakettle 9 ай бұрын

Thank you❤

@boudiccaleduckel4680 5 ай бұрын

Beautifully read! Jeremy Iron's voice was so perfect as narrator. He did a wonderful job with all of the distinct voices; which all fit their character and circumstance just perfectly. Waugh's prose are simply sublime. I had watched the 80's television series many times before actually listening to this. I just love it. Thank you.

@grannygoes7882 3 ай бұрын

There is a newer movie out that I thought was very good. It's for rent on amazon.

@matscykel 7 күн бұрын

@@grannygoes7882 That movie is the worst adaptation of a book in history IMHO 👎

@grannygoes7882 6 күн бұрын

@@matscykel Could be. I liked it though.

@EVZYL Жыл бұрын

That voice! My favourite actor, the perfect reader, the same Charles Ryder of the brilliant TV series. I'm listening for the second time.

@conlaiarla 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful. Perfectly read by Mr Irons.

@lynd7081 6 ай бұрын

Jeremy Irons is Charles Ryder, acts it’s perfectly and reads the book perfectly.

@800beemer 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Penquin .Your books were affordable and they taught me how to read.

@MarkSpan Жыл бұрын

Penguin

@marypartridge5154 Жыл бұрын

Mr Irons was made to read this novel as he has a reserve and sadness that suits this.

@TheRustyLM 2 жыл бұрын

I am thrilled to have found this! Merry Christmas to me! 🎄🎁☺️✨🎅🏼

@caroleorion1273 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love Jeremy Irons reading this brilliant book.Watched the TV series years ago and was fascinated had to buy the CDs and have since watched it over and over. A fine performance by all the actors .it will remain a true classic .Thankyou for the download.

@lynd7081 6 ай бұрын

It’s still on tv if you live in Uk.

@susandumont4993 2 жыл бұрын

So pleased to be able to hear this recording. Thank you.

@noloco7063 2 жыл бұрын

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@emilykrahn3185 2 жыл бұрын

What a great voice

@jeffwatkins352 Жыл бұрын

Spectacular reading! Irons’ voice precisely sets the book’s muted yet intense tone. He understands the material in its every nuance and catches its many characters, male and female, with a note-perfect range of inflections and accents, British of all stripes, Canadian, American as well as other nations. Waugh, along with Huxley, introduced me to adult reading. But, favoring his early comic works, avoided Brideshead for years thanks to its “serious” reputation. Not until the glorious BBC mini-series did I appreciate this fine novel’s great value, and Irons captures that brilliantly.

@lynd7081 Жыл бұрын

That’s because he is a professional actor, not so many around now unfortunately.

@jeffwatkins352 Жыл бұрын

@@lynd7081 It shows in every word he utters. He's certain the ideal choice to read Brideshead.

@sircosmos6359 9 ай бұрын

Whenever reading/listening to Waugh or Wodehouse, I find my self narrating (mostly in my head, but not always) my daily doings, or memories. Sometimes, I’ll do this to my youngest, a 5 year old blighter with a fondness for mischief and chocolate and dinosaurs. He will listen somewhat bemused, and if I am really lucky, try it himself.

@manusha1349 2 жыл бұрын

Love this reading by Jeremy Irons ❤ it's like listening to a Mozart symphony, could listen to it over and over again!

@killmrdarcy4367 Жыл бұрын

Wolfgang Amadeus Irons indeed, Ms. Manusha! 🙂

@lynd7081 Жыл бұрын

I also listen to it over and over again. I love it.

@manusha1349 Жыл бұрын

@lynd7081 huge fan of that gracious age in history ♥️ and Brideshead defines it!

@killmrdarcy4367 Жыл бұрын

@@manusha1349 To describe the post-Edwardian age that Waugh surveys as "gracious" is to completely miss the point of the novel, while therein further becoming seduced by the gilded age that it is superficially displayed in its pages. Rather, it's a novel about the all-pervasive social engineering (in this case, mostly domestic) impact and influence that religion (in this case the 'vile' Catholicism brand*) has upon the shaping and effectively the destroying of lives, while to ignore that reality means that one is intellectually short changed. Forget about the costumes and the sumptuous settings, and this especially when Brideshead Castle is akin to a hellfire cavern in Dante's 'Inferno', while Antony Blanche gets it right when he describes Lady Marchmain as a 'monster' (sic.). ...I could say more of course, while go 'hear' the novel with fresh ears, and then meditate on the bigger themes contained within it, as well as then watching the magnificent 1981 Granada TV series; indeed this, rather than that appalling chocolate box 'rococo' which was the far more recent - and more thematically vacuous - 'movie'! * this descriptor as one who knows all to well about 'catholic shaping', while 'once a catholic, always a catholic' - as Julia Flyte realises 'in the end'! ...Mozart's music, by the way, also has its dissonances, further to the many ones that are in Brideshead Revisited - even if they're more akin to the ruptured chasms which are dug by guilt!

@tanakeilidh384 11 ай бұрын

3rd time in

@CalLatMan 2 жыл бұрын

Nice to hear a great actor like Jeremy doing such a great job.

@mikenccc1955 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this upload. I come to this with the fondest memories of having seen the 1981 TV dramatisation in my younger days and been utterly smitten by it like nothing else at the time. I was so struck by it that I went out to get the book, and discovered Waugh fully for the first time -oddly, having remembered his grumpy and far-less-talented son Auberon, when he used to write for Private Eye (a satirical magazine of long pedigree in England). Picking up the hardback, I suddenly thought - this is around 1985 I guess - "I shouldn't read this, till I know more about Waugh first - I should read his earlier stuff first.." -so went and read Vile Bodies and Scoop, very different tales, and one or two others, and then, came across his diaries. I highly recommend Evelyn Waugh's diaries to anyone interested in him, though within them, you discover a deeply difficult, powerfully opinionated and, I imagine to those who knew him, at times a thoroughly unpleasant soul. He seems to have had an unremitting snootiness of character - a readiness to look down upon those he saw as lesser mortals - and I wonder had I ever had the change to meet him, may have disliked him intensely. However, whatever his personal quirks and foibles, it is unquestionable that a startling talent for writing beautiful English prose shone through. This book, read here so stunningly well by Jeremy Irons, is for me at least, a perfect exhibition of the English language, expressing a superbly told tale, of the treasures of lost youth above all. It is beyond delightful.

@myleshagar9722 Жыл бұрын

Waugh wrote his diary in the evenings while drunk. His letters are less caustic.

@NikoHL Жыл бұрын

I was transfixed by the TV adaptation too in the mid 1980s. Incredible cast performances and Exquisite locations..

@lesleyhogg2495 10 ай бұрын

Wow. I enjoyed reading your comment. I find him intriguing but you may be right; meeting him may have been a disappointment.

@xtillwater5283 9 ай бұрын

To all you so succinctly and wonderfully expressed, I can only add: Amen😊

@hojoinhisarcher 2 жыл бұрын

God this man could write!

@dzadza7775 10 ай бұрын

Perhaps he was

@jessisage4708 8 ай бұрын

Evelyn was a dude?

@lynd7081 6 ай бұрын

And couldn’t this man read❤️❤️

@HueyPPLong 3 ай бұрын

@@jessisage4708yes

@TimMcGrath-nc4ld 2 ай бұрын

I fundamentally disagree with everything he writes but love every word he wrote

@robertbuckley2590 2 жыл бұрын

A wonderful story which so brilliantly explores the various attitudes to the Catholic religion, those who have blind faith, no matter their level of intelligence, those who have doubts and feel guilty about it, those who think it is all nonsense. I read it 30 years ago, this brilliant narration by Jeremy Irons brings it to life again.

@tessaoshea5697 8 ай бұрын

Waugh was a convert to Catholicism. It's better to see it as rewrite of the parable of the sower and the seeds that fall on different soils. It's a tender and compassionate portrayal of how different people carry their Faith and how they deal with the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.

@Konktus 3 ай бұрын

If I could live my life imortally...then in this book I would dwell... ❤

@koenraaddm2582 2 жыл бұрын

I wish my English was better to grasp the nuances. I remember watching the television adaptation as a child.

@stefanschutz5166 5 ай бұрын

Thank you from Amsterdam. A great novel, well read.

@patrickhuser4755 2 жыл бұрын

Simply sublime!

@melanieransome3676 9 ай бұрын

Absolutely beautiful. Love the series on TV too. Just gorgeous x

@terinn7115 Жыл бұрын

If you like this, try getting hold of the BBC presentation of Brideshead Revisited, with Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews. The production is so faithful to the book, sometimes the cast read their dialogue straight from it. It aired in 1982 and they gave it 11 episodes. Beautiful and well worth the watch.

@rubewaddell1704 Жыл бұрын

Not to mention a magnificent sound track.

@poundshopcicero3089 Жыл бұрын

Sorry my friend but you are mistaken I am afraid. It was ITV who aired the TV adaptation. Surprising isn't it.

@terinn7115 Жыл бұрын

@@poundshopcicero3089 Thank you for the correction. I don't like sharing mis-information, but there I went and did. At least now, anyone coming here will find the right info. Tx again.

@poundshopcicero3089 Жыл бұрын

@@terinn7115 thank you, glad to help.

@lynd7081 6 ай бұрын

I think the series is still on ITVx,

@marshnn 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful novel read it years ago delighted to hear it again 😀

@elizabethmorris92 Жыл бұрын

So pleased I found this reading, by pleasant accident . I loved the series, I was only 21 and mesmerised by it. Fell in love with Anthony and Jeremy .I’ve read the book a few times and loved it so much. I’m taking it to bed to listen to while I relax. Thank you Jeremy x

@charlottejameson8924 Жыл бұрын

And no ads to ruin the perfection.

@morriganwitch 5 ай бұрын

So splendid xxx

@MissNoopy 3 ай бұрын

This is my bedtime story sorted 🐻 🛏 Thank you 😴

@wcstrawberryfields8011 Жыл бұрын

What a gift to our ears.

@charlottejameson8924 Жыл бұрын

No interruptions. 🥰

@tooleyheadbang4239 11 ай бұрын

Greatest voice since James Mason.

@totoro9590 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent thanks 👍

@Bersztipflag 2 жыл бұрын

5:35 and foll. "I remember the dinner well. Soupe of oseille, a sole quite simply cooked in a white wine sauce, a caneton á la presse, a lemon soufflé. At the last minute, feeling that the whole ting was to simple for Rex, I added caviar aux blinis; and for wine I let him give me a bottle of 1906 Montrachet, then at its prime; and with the duck, Clos de Bèze1904".

@celiaberdes Ай бұрын

“…the whole thing was too simple for Rex”

@idealmoment 2 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

@anamartin5136 6 ай бұрын

Incredible reading, thank you!

@gwendavila 2 жыл бұрын

Book 1 30:00 Book 2 1:10:35 Book 3 1:55:02 Book 5 3:21:22

@sulugunik1142 2 жыл бұрын

thank you thank you THANK YOU !!!!!

@snowysnowyriver Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! 🤗 Nothing against Sir John Gielgud, but Jeremy Irons reads this so much better.

@lynd7081 6 ай бұрын

Too much left out of the Gielgud version.

@stephenridley1153 4 ай бұрын

The TV series and even the movie were marvellous. The book is miraculous. Utterly miraculous.

@Jasmine1991forever Жыл бұрын

Lady Marchmain is a goddess. Her glance, words of approval, the faintest of smiles, her gentle caress plunge me into an abyss of ecstatic turmoil. She is my god, she is my curse.

@elizabethellery3459 10 ай бұрын

Love love love

@adpenaos Жыл бұрын

love this book!!

@gabrielledemoulin5787 9 ай бұрын

I sure wish the Catholics weren't painted as such depressing people. I think the mother is presented by Ryder as so unfeeling and destructive. Perhaps a modern novelist could write her side of the story from her centering faith.

@celiaberdes Ай бұрын

I think the author is mocking a certain breed of upper class British Catholic of this period. It links a religious critique to a class critique to a minority critique in a way that was very specific to the British… and unknown elsewhere, wherever rich Catholics are unknown as a class and never a minority. There is a sly reference to Father Mowbray, the priest instructing Rex, as a Jesuit, yet another minority among priests by virtue of their traditions of education and erudition.

@badbasset8624 4 ай бұрын

Lovely reading. Strangely enough he mispronounces the word 'Catechumen'.

@heerweegewhammers9356 Жыл бұрын

PERFECT........

@brysonyoung8273 Жыл бұрын

Beautifully read of course. But at already 11 some hours, certain edits very peculiar. The speech to do with Charles’ first encounter with Christianity during the Venice episode removed in its entirety - why? A side revery certainly but nevertheless essential to the story - why take it out? Other cuts less obvious. Overall, very ably done.

@chrisdocherty6496 Жыл бұрын

Took a while to find out but I this is the original 1945 edition and not the revised 1959 one that most people are used to? Was just listening and thought some things were slightly different from how I remembered reading them.

@malcolmreese7777 11 ай бұрын

Just found this. Wonderful , I am so going to enjoy it. Jeremy Irons - what a voice. Many thanks for the upload.

@lesleyhogg2495 10 ай бұрын

Evelyn Waugh A man I'd have loved to have met.

@Elitist20 5 ай бұрын

But would he have loved to meet you? Or me? Or indeed anyone? 😨

@malamati007 2 жыл бұрын

Is there a better voice, and better reader, in all the British world?

@poundshopcicero3089 2 жыл бұрын

Simon Vance ?

@annepountney5155 10 ай бұрын

Brilliant

@willyboyw.5771 2 жыл бұрын

Irons Rules!!

@kirstenmorrison1194 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@stevendaniel8126 Жыл бұрын

Jeremy Irons - his generations' John Gielgud.....

@josephjohnston6826 Жыл бұрын

I suspect the little red headed man is a version of Waugh himself. In a similar vein, Mr Samgrass is also a version of Waugh. The author was all too aware of his reputation as a parvenu and social climber.

@PersonallyOptimistic Жыл бұрын

Lovely thoughtful and nostalgic book. I even somewhat related to the religious parts but they did detract a tiny amount, 4/5 for me

@gnuPirate Ай бұрын

Jeremy Irons should read most audiobooks ever. Few voices are better for most books.

@sidviciousness7469 Жыл бұрын

I thought both 'Scoop' and 'Black Mischief' much better books. Nevertheless, we recall the maxim about opinions and so and so forth. A good read is a great FEED!

@ruthojen 2 жыл бұрын

Jeremie, ¡that Gucci movie,! why?

@emw1994 17 күн бұрын

6:20:58 excellent reflection on modern mediocrity

@davidcrooks1752 2 жыл бұрын

BM 1:37:00

@noloco7063 2 жыл бұрын

5 33

@noloco7063 2 жыл бұрын

7.07

@RoxanneLaRoja 2 ай бұрын

Bookmark 6:11:37

@valmckenna4754 2 жыл бұрын

46.51

@nicholasanderson2530 Жыл бұрын

40:22

@br9906 2 жыл бұрын

4:22:24

@hanaanddad5529 Жыл бұрын

A literary masterpiece or sentimental old codswollop? I give up….

@MD-mh7bp 2 жыл бұрын

8:30:00

@doylestownstew 2 жыл бұрын

10:42

@Charmagh110 9 ай бұрын

5:30:00 and 6:00:00

@alansmith9166 5 ай бұрын

Perfect novel.perfect itv series.perfictly narrative by jeremy.brilliant!

@Charmagh110 9 ай бұрын

4:00:00

@Charmagh110 9 ай бұрын

30:00

@noloco7063 2 жыл бұрын

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@PlumFairy9 5 ай бұрын

8,20,00

@Charmagh110 8 ай бұрын