History Creator / EvelynWaugh

Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) was an English writer, known for his dark satires, which include ''Decline and Fall'', ''Vile Bodies'', ''Scoop'', ''A Handful of Dust'', and ''The Loved One''. His single best-known novel is probably the relatively serious ''Literature/BridesheadRevisited''. Another serious work was the ''Literature/SwordOfHonour'' trilogy, set during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.

* GenderBlenderName: In a grand display of the universe's sense of humor, Evelyn Waugh's first wife was also named Evelyn.

* HorribleHollywood: ''The Loved One''.
* IWishedYouWereDead: Happens with the Guru and Aimee Thanatogenos in ''The Loved One''. He tells her to kill herself, and she does.

* AdviceBackfire: Happens with the Guru and Aimee Thanatogenos in ''The Loved One''. He tells her to kill herself, and she does.

Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (1903 - 1966) was an English writer, known for his dark satires, which include ''Decline and Fall'', ''Vile Bodies'', ''Scoop'', ''A Handful of Dust'', and ''The Loved One''. His single best-known novel is probably the relatively serious ''Literature/BridesheadRevisited''. Another serious work was the ''Literature/SwordOfHonour'' trilogy, set during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Subverted in ''Decline And Fall''; Grimes, who is an example of TheBarnum, tells of "landing in the soup" (an UnusualEuphemism for being caught engaged in homosexual conduct) during UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne and being placed in a room and given a loaded revolver and some whiskey to settle his nerves, so that a court martial could be avoided and the official story would be that he [[TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch died in combat]]. After debating this course of action, he decides he would rather live and is found roaring drunk when his fellow soldiers re-enter the room.

Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (1903 - 1966) was an English writer, known for his dark satires, which include ''Decline and Fall'', ''Vile Bodies'', ''Scoop'', ''A Handful of Dust'', and ''The Loved One''. His single best-known novel is probably the relatively serious ''Literature/BridesheadRevisited''. Another serious work was the ''Literature/SwordOfHonour'' trilogy, set during WorldWarII.

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Subverted in ''Decline And Fall''; Grimes, who is an example of TheBarnum, tells of "landing in the soup" (an UnusualEuphemism for being caught engaged in homosexual conduct) during WorldWarOne and being placed in a room and given a loaded revolver and some whiskey to settle his nerves, so that a court martial could be avoided and the official story would be that he [[TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch died in combat]]. After debating this course of action, he decides he would rather live and is found roaring drunk when his fellow soldiers re-enter the room.

* {{Bulungi}}:
** Ishmaelia in ''Scoop''.
** Azania from ''Black Mischief'', often interpreted as a stand-in for inter-war Ethiopia.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: In ''Scoop'', the protagonist sends all his reports back to England by telegram in fully worded English, prompting the newspaper to suggest that he adopt the more usual practice of abbreviations to reduce the cost. He replies thanking them for their concern, and explaining that it's not costing him anything because he's charging all his telegrams to his[[note]]that is, the newspaper's[[/note]] expense account.
* ForeignCorrespondent: In ''Scoop'' the protagonist and many supporting characters are journalists covering an Eastern African country likely based on Ethiopia.

* PointyHairedBoss: Lord Copper in ''Scoop'', a pompous, idle newspaper magnate who sends the wrong man to cover an African civil war because of a name mixup, and appears to have few interests other than making speeches and sketching cows.

* SnipeHunt: The protagonist of ''Scoop'' is sent to buy a variety of non-existent items to prepare for a foreign journey. He's served by an extremely resentful shop assistant who has had the bad luck to always get stuck serving naifs on similar shopping excursions, and who believes that they're just pretending in order to waste his time.

PointyHairedBoss: Lord Copper in Scoop, a pompous, idle newspaper magnate who sends the wrong man to cover an African civil war because of a name mixup, and appears to have few interests other than making speeches and sketching cows.

Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (1903 - 1966) was an English writer, known for his dark satires, which include ''Decline and Fall'', ''Vile Bodies'', ''Scoop'', ''A Handful of Dust'', and ''The Loved One''. His single best-known novel is probably the relatively serious ''Literature/BridesheadRevisited''. Another serious work was the ''SwordOfHonour'' trilogy, set during WorldWarII.

* ''SwordOfHonour''

* GenteelInterbellumSetting: Various books, most notably ''Vile Bodies'' and ''BridesheadRevisited''.

'''Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh''' (1903 - 1966) was an English writer, known for his dark satires, which include ''Decline and Fall'', ''Vile Bodies'', ''Scoop'', ''A Handful of Dust'', and ''The Loved One''. His single best-known novel is probably the relatively serious ''BridesheadRevisited''. Another serious work was the ''SwordOfHonour'' trilogy, set during WorldWarII.

* ''BridesheadRevisited''

* {{Bulungi}}: Ishmaelia in ''Scoop''.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: In ''Scoop'', the protagonist sends all his reports back to England by telegram in fully worded English, prompting the newspaper to suggest that he adopt the more usual practice of abbreviations to reduce the cost. He replies thanking them for their concern, and explaining that it's not costing him anything because he's charging all his telegrams to his[[hottip:*:that is, the newspaper's]] expense account.