Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh

Recommended for 15-18 year olds.

Brideshead Revisited is one of those delightul books which create an intoxicating picture of a certain time and place - in this case England in the 1920's. The narrator, a Mr Charles Ryder, gets swept up in the aristocratic Marchmain family while at university. Brideshead Revisited is the tale of his ongoing relationships with that family over the next 15 or so years.

Although it takes a a little while to fall into the rhythm of the story, once you have become accustomed to its slower, more reflective pace this book will not let you far out of its reach. Wonderfully descriptive, it evokes the mood of a time long ago.

A delight to read from start to finish, this book is most suitable for 15-18 year olds because younger readers simply won't appreciate its period charm. Also because some of the events and relationship melodrama are best suited to an older audience.