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Put Out More Flags, the sixth novel by Evelyn Waugh, was first published by Chapman and Hall in 1942. The title comes from the saying of an anonymous Chinese sage, quoted and translated by Lin Yutang in The Importance of Living (1937): A man getting drunk at a farewell party should strike a musical tone, in order to strengthen his ...
- Evelyn Waugh
- United Kingdom
- 1942
- 1942
Despite being predominantly an entertaining comedy targeting the upper class of society, the progress of war in Put Out More Flags affords Waugh the chance to highlight serious themes—unrequited love, untimely but honorable death, war-sundered families—even while poking fun at them.
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16 de dez. de 1970 · Basil Seal is a bounder who does not want to join the war effort during the Second World War. A TV movie based on Evelyn Waugh's novel of the same name, starring Anthony Valentine as the title character and Hildegard Neil as his love interest.
- Mark Cullingham
- Anthony Valentine, Hildegard Neil, John Wood
'A man getting drunk at a farewell party should strike a musical tone, in order to strengthen his spirit... and a drunk military man should order gallons and put out more flags in order to increase his military splendour.'
The hideous, then unfamiliar shriek of the air-raid sirens sang out over London. What happened to the characters of Decline and Fall and Vile Bodies when the war broke out? Put Out More Flags shows them adjusting to the changing social pattern of the times.
When Neville Chamberlain declares war on Germany, it seems the perfect opportunity for more action and adventure. So Basil follows the call to arms and sets forth to enjoy his finest hour-as a war hero.
15 de nov. de 2022 · Evelyn Waugh - Put Out More Flags. Set in 1939/40, the exploits of louche, upper-crust waster Basil Seal who manoeuvres his way around the outbreak of the Second World War, as well as the...
