Decline and Fall

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novel satirical novel

Decline and Fall is a satirical novel by Evelyn Waugh that follows the misadventures of a hapless Oxford student expelled and sent to teach at an eccentric Welsh boarding school, skewering British society of the 1920s.

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Label	Occurrences
Decline and Fall canonical	3
Decline and Fall (1968 film)	1
Decline and Fall (2017 television series)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	novel ⓘ satirical novel ⓘ
adaptedAs	film ⓘ television series ⓘ
author	Evelyn Waugh ⓘ
character	Captain Grimes ⓘ Dr. Fagan ⓘ Margot Beste-Chetwynde ⓘ Paul Pennyfeather ⓘ Philbrick ⓘ Prendergast ⓘ
containsFictionalInstitution	Llanabba Castle school ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
endsWith	Paul Pennyfeather returning to Oxford under a new identity ⓘ
firstEditionFormat	print ⓘ
firstPublishedIn	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
followedBy	Vile Bodies ⓘ
follows	misadventures of an Oxford student ⓘ
genre	comic novel ⓘ satire ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Decline and Fall self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Decline and Fall (1968 film) Decline and Fall self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Decline and Fall (2017 television series)
hasTheme	absurdity of modern life ⓘ class privilege ⓘ moral decay ⓘ social hypocrisy ⓘ
literaryMovement	Modernism ⓘ surface form: modernism
mainCharacter	Paul Pennyfeather ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor	dark, deadpan humor ⓘ early example of Evelyn Waugh's satirical style ⓘ
openingEvent	Paul Pennyfeather is expelled from Oxford and becomes a teacher at a Welsh boarding school ⓘ surface form: Paul Pennyfeather is sent down from Oxford for indecent behavior
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Evelyn Waugh ⓘ surface form: Evelyn Waugh bibliography
plotSummary	Paul Pennyfeather is expelled from Oxford and becomes a teacher at a Welsh boarding school ⓘ
publicationDate	1928 ⓘ
publisher	Chapman and Hall ⓘ
satirizes	British education system ⓘ British upper class ⓘ modern morality ⓘ religion ⓘ social class in interwar Britain ⓘ
setInCity	Oxford ⓘ
setInCountry	United Kingdom ⓘ
setInRegion	Wales ⓘ
settingPeriod	1920s ⓘ
timeToWrite	approximately three months ⓘ

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Evelyn Waugh → notableWork → Decline and Fall ⓘ

Decline and Fall → hasAdaptation → Decline and Fall self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Decline and Fall (1968 film)

Decline and Fall → hasAdaptation → Decline and Fall self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Decline and Fall (2017 television series)

Vile Bodies → precededBy → Decline and Fall ⓘ

Arthur → notableWork → Decline and Fall ⓘ

subject surface form: Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh