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Vile Bodies
- 255 pages · about 4 hours
- First published 1930
- 75 editions
- Free to read
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1 About this book
Vile Bodies is the second novel by Evelyn Waugh, published in 1930. It satirises London's post-First World War "bright young things" and the press coverage around them. Waugh originally considered the title Bright Young Things but changed it; the published title echoes a narrator's remark on crowds and parties: "Those vile bodies."
The book was dedicated to B. G. and D. G., Waugh's friends Bryan Guinness and his wife Diana.
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Good for readers who want: satire and a book they can read free online.
- Satire
- Social life and customs
- Socialites
- Upper class
- Nineteen twenties
- Manners and customs
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