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11 de dic. de 2012 · Officers and Gentlemen is the second novel in Waugh's brilliant Sword of Honor trilogy recording the tumultuous wartime adventures of Guy Crouchback (called "the finest work of fiction in English to emerge from World War II" by the Atlantic Monthly ), which also comprises Men at Arms and Unconditional Surrender. More ».
17 de feb. de 2010 · Officers and gentlemen by Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966. Publication date 1955 Topics World War, 1939-1945 Publisher Boston, Little, Brown Collection ...
23 de oct. de 2012 · October 23, 2012 12:00 AM — 45m. 5 7 4. In the first episode of Officers and Gentleman we focus on the harsh reality of militarisation, as the new arrivals have their independence and civilian habits drummed out of them. Many of the cadets join the college straight from civilian life. From Oxbridge graduates to school leavers, and frustrated ...
In Officers and Gentlemen, Evelyn Waugh employs irony and satire to critique the British class system and the values of honor and duty that underpin it. The novel follows the experiences of Guy Crouchback, a well-meaning but hapless man who joins the army during World War II in an attempt to prove his worth as a gentleman.
11 de abr. de 2012 · GENERAL FICTION. Share your opinion of this book. by. The second part of the trilogy which began with Men At Arms (1952) continues the leisurely perspective of World War II, and while the narrative itself is perhaps a fitful one- it is animated not only by the splendid display of its satiric invention- but also by its compassionate concern.
Sword of Honour combines three volumes: Officers and Gentlemen, Men at Arms and Unconditional Surrender, which were originally published separately. Extensively revised by Waugh, they were published as the one-volume Sword of Honour in 1965, in the form in which Waugh himself wished them to be read.
Though I liked the first book a little better, and which I would categorize as one of the best comic novels I've read in a long time, Officers and Gentlemen has its strong points too. For one, it does a nice job of depicting the state of panic in the British mindset circa 1940 and 1941, with the frightening pattern of loss and retreat.
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