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Black Mischief was Evelyn Waugh's third novel, published in 1932. Expanded from a novella, 'Seth', the novel chronicles the efforts of the British-educated Emperor Seth, assisted by a fellow Oxford graduate, Basil Seal, to modernise his Empire, the fictional African island of Azania, located in the Indian Ocean off the eastern coast ...
- Evelyn Waugh
- 1932
- 1932
- Comedy
When Oxford-educated Emperor Seth succeeds to the throne of the African state of Azania, he has a tough job on his hands. His subjects are ill-informed and unruly, and corruption, double-dealing, and bloodshed are rife.
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The novel chronicles the efforts of the English-educated Emperor Seth, assisted by a fellow Oxford graduate, Basil Seal, to modernize his Empire, the fictional African island of Azania,...
- Deep Crisis
- Violating Standards of Decency
- Types of Barbarity
When Waugh began writing Black Mischief in late 1931, England was in deep crisis. The 1929 financial crash and the Great Depression sparked political skirmishes over domestic and foreign economics. At the general election of October 27, Ramsay MacDonald’s National government was elected in a landslide. MacDonald had been prime minister of the minor...
Black Mischief was the Book Society choice for October 1932. The Book Societywas an interwar subscription book club established in 1929. Members were often from non-metropolian UK or English dominions, such as Australia, and used the Book Society to access new English books that were otherwise hard to get. The result was that Waugh’s novel did quit...
In his 1962 preface to the third UK edition, Waugh identified the primary theme of Black Mischief as “the conflict of civilisation, with all its attendant and deplorable ills, and barbarism”. As the phrase “attendant and deplorable” suggests, no European character or institution is set up as a positive model. Waugh the Tory-anarchistexposes the par...
""Black Mischief, " Waugh's third novel, helped to establish his reputation as a master satirist. Set on the fictional African island of Azania, the novel chronicles the...
- Evelyn Waugh
- Evelyn Waugh
- reprint
- Black MischiefPenguin books
""Black Mischief, " Waugh's third novel, helped to establish his reputation as a master satirist. Set on the fictional African island of Azania, the novel chronicles the...
Chapter. Get access. Cite. Summary. It is ironic that the objects of Waugh's harshest satire became his most devoted fans. Journalists still love Scoop. The Bright Young Things adored the hugely successful Vile Bodies, which was published in January 1930, and reached its eleventh impression by October.
