The Loom of Youth

The Loom of Youth

Author: Alec Waugh

Publisher: London : Grant Richards

Published: 1918

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13:

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Door Alec Waugh op 17-jarige leeftijd geschreven kostschoolroman, waarin hij voorzichtig een fysieke zijde aan jongensvriendschappen suggereert.


The Loom of Youth

The Loom of Youth

Author: Alec Waugh

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2023-08-22

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13:

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"The Loom of Youth" by Alec Waugh. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.


VILE BODIES

VILE BODIES

Author: Evelyn Waugh

Publisher: Alien Ebooks

Published: 2023-06-01

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 1667623796

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Vile Bodies is a 1930 novel satirising the bright young things: decadent young London society after World War I. The title appears in a comment made by the novel’s narrator in reference to the characters’ party-driven lifestyle: “All that succession and repetition of massed humanity... Those vile bodies...”


The Loom of Youth

The Loom of Youth

Author: Alec Waugh

Publisher: Bloomsbury Reader

Published: 2012-11-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1448200520

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This semi-autobiographical work tells the story of Gordon Caruthers' schooldays at the English public school, Fenhurst. From his confusion and isolation, through rebellious school escapades and relationships with fellow students, Alec Waugh reveals his own deep criticism of a system forcing pupils to conform to flawed ideals, and the inevitable consequences of thrusting thirteen year old children and eighteen year old adolescents together. The book caused a storm of controversy at the time and was banned in many schools. Today it can be rightly seen as a controversial comment on public school life, and a classic.


The Loom of Language

The Loom of Language

Author: Frederick Bodmer

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 724

ISBN-13: 9780393300345

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Here is an informative introduction to language: its origins in the past, its growth through history, and its present use for communication between peoples. It is at the same time a history of language, a guide to foreign tongues, and a method for learning them. It shows, through basic vocabularies, family resemblances of languages -- Teutonic, Romance, Greek -- helpful tricks of translation, key combinations of roots and phonetic patterns. It presents by common-sense methods the most helpful approach to the mastery of many languages; it condenses vocabulary to a minimum of essential words; it simplifies grammar in an entirely new way; and it teaches a language as it is actually used in everyday life.


PUT OUT MORE FLAGS

PUT OUT MORE FLAGS

Author: Evelyn Waugh

Publisher: Alien Ebooks

Published: 2023-06-01

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 1667623761

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Put Out More Flags is set during the first year of the war and follows the wartime activities of characters introduced in Waugh’s earlier satirical novels Decline and Fall, Vile Bodies, and Black Mischief.

The dormant conflict is reflected in the activity of the novel’s main characters. Earnest would-be soldier Alistair Trumpington finds himself engaged in incomprehensible manoeuvres instead of real combat, while Waugh’s recurring ne’er-do-well Basil Seal, finds ample opportunity for amusing himself in the name of the war effort.