Evelyn Waugh bibliography explained

Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966) was a British writer, journalist and reviewer, generally considered one of the leading English prose writers of the 20th century. The following lists his fiction, travel and biographical works, together with selected articles and reviews.

Juvenilia and undergraduate writing

YearTitleFirst publication detailsNotesReferences
1910"The Curse of the Horse Race"In Little Innocents: Childhood Reminiscenses, Dame Ethel Smyth and others. Cobden-Sanderson, London 1932[1]
1910–14"Fidon's Confetion"In Evelyn Waugh, Apprentice: The Early Writings, 1910–27, R.M. Davis (ed.). Pilgrim Books, Norman, Oklahoma 1985
1912"Multa Pecunia"Appeared in The Pistol Troop Magazine, 1912. Published in Evelyn Waugh: The Complete Short Stories, Ann Pasternak Slater (ed.), Everyman's Library (David Campbell Publishers Ltd), London 1998
1916"The World to Come: A Poem in Three Cantos"UnpublishedPrivately printed by Arthur Waugh in 1916[2]
1920Untitled: "Fragment of a Novel"In Evelyn Waugh, Apprentice: The Early Writings, 1910–27, R. M. Davis (ed.) Pilgrim Books, Norman, Oklahoma 1985
1921"Essay" (story fragment)In Evelyn Waugh, Apprentice: The Early Writings, 1910–27, R. M. Davis (ed.), Pilgrim Books, Norman, Oklahoma 1985
1921"The House: An Anti-Climax"In Evelyn Waugh, Apprentice: The Early Writings, 1910–27, R. M. Davis (ed.), Pilgrim Books, Norman, Oklahoma 1985
1923"Portrait of Young Man with Career"The Isis, 30 May 1923
1923"Antony, Who Sought Things That Were Lost"The Cherwell 1 August 1923
1923"Antony, Who Sought Things That Were Lost"The Oxford Broom, June 1923
1923"Edward of Unique Achievement"The Cherwell, 1 August 1923
1923"They Dine With the Past" (fragments)The Cherwell, 15 August 1923
1923"Conspiracy to Murder"The Cherwell 5 September 1923
1923"Unacademic Exercise: A Nature Story"The Cherwell 19 September 1923
1923"The National Game"The Cherwell 26 September 1923

Novels

YearTitleFirst publication detailsNotesReferences
1924–25The Temple at ThatchUnpublishedManuscript destroyed[3]
1928Decline and FallChapman and Hall, London, 1928Revised edition with new preface by Waugh, Chapman and Hall, London, 1962
1930Vile BodiesChapman and Hall, London, 1930Revised edition with new preface by Waugh, Chapman and Hall, London, 1965
1932Black MischiefChapman and Hall, London, 1932Revised edition with new preface by Waugh, Chapman and Hall, London, 1962
1934A Handful of DustChapman and Hall, London, 1934Revised edition with new preface by Waugh, Chapman and Hall, London, 1964[4]
1938ScoopChapman and Hall, London, 1938Revised edition with new preface by Waugh, Chapman and Hall, London, 1964
1939My Father's House (first section of Work Suspended)Horizon, Vol. IV, No. 23, November 1941Retitled "A Death" when republished as part of Work Suspended
1939Work SuspendedLimited edition, 500 copies, Chapman and Hall, London 1942Revised version Work Suspended and Other Stories Chapman and Hall, London, 1949
1942Put Out More FlagsChapman and Hall, London 1942Revised edition with new preface by Waugh, Chapman and Hall, London, 1967
1945Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles RyderChapman and Hall, London, 1945Revised edition with new preface by Waugh, Chapman and Hall, London, 1960
1948The Loved OneChapman and Hall, London, 1948Revised edition with new preface by Waugh, Chapman and Hall, London, 1965[5]
1950HelenaChapman and Hall, London, 1950
1952Men at ArmsChapman and Hall, London, 1952See also Sword of Honour, below
1953Love Among the RuinsChapman and Hall, London, 1953
1955Officers and GentlemenChapman and Hall, London, 1955See also Sword of Honour, below
1957The Ordeal of Gilbert PinfoldChapman and Hall, London, 1957
1961Unconditional SurrenderChapman and Hall, London, 1961See also Sword of Honour, below
1965Sword of Honour trilogyChapman and Hall, London, 1965Single volume version of Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen and Unconditional Surrender with text amendments

Short fiction

YearTitleFirst publication detailsNotesReferences
1925"The Balance: A Yarn of the Good Old Days of Broad Trousers and High Necked Jumpers"In Alec Waugh (ed.): Georgian Short Stories, Chapman and Hall, London, 1926[6]
1927"A House of Gentlefolks"In Hugh Chesterman (ed.): The New Decameron, Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1927Originally published as "The Tutor's Tale"
1930"The Manager of 'The Kremlin'"In a series of "Real Life Stories by Famous Authors", John Bull, 15 February 1930
1932"Love in the Slump"Harper's Bazaar, London, January 1932Originally published as "The Patriotic Honeymoon"
1932"Too Much Tolerance"No. 7 in a series of "The Seven Deadly Sins", John Bull, 21 May 1932
1932"Excursion in Reality"Harper's Bazaar, New York, July 1932Originally published as "An Entirely New Angle"
1932"Incident in Azania"Windsor Magazine, December 1932
1932"Bella Fleace Gave a Party"Harper's Bazaar, London, December 1932
1933"Cruise"Harper's Bazaar, London, February 1933
1933"The Man Who Liked Dickens"Hearst's International combined with Cosmopolitan, September 1933Used as the basis for the final chapter of A Handful of Dust, 1934
1933"Out of Depth"Harper's Bazaar, London, December 1933Subtitled: "An Experiment begun in Shaftesbury Avenue and Ended in Time"
1934"By Special Request"Harper's Bazaar, New York, October 1934The final episode in A Flat in London, the serialised version of A Handful of Dust[7]
1934"Period Piece"In Mr Loveday's Little Outing and Other Sad Stories, Chapman and Hall, London, 1936
1935"Mr Loveday's Little Outing"As "Mr Cruttwell's Little Outing" in Harper's Bazaar, New York, March 1935
1936"Winner Takes All"Strand, March 1936
1938"An Englishman's Home"Good Housekeeping, London, August 1939
1939"The Sympathetic Passenger"The Daily Mail 4 May 1939Part of the "Tight Corner" series
1945"Charles Ryder's Schooldays"The Times Literary Supplement, 5 March 1982With introduction by Michael Sissons
1946"Scott-King's Modern Europe"(abridged) Cornhill, Summer 1947Published as "A Sojourn in Neutralia" in Hearst's International combined with Cosmopolitan, November 1947
1947"Tactical Exercise""Strand", March 1947Published as "The Wish" in Good Housekeeping, New York, March 1947
1949"Compassion"As "The Major Intervenes" in The Atlantic, July 1949Expanded and republished as "Compassion" in The Month, August 1949
1962"Basil Seal Rides Again"Chapman and Hall, London, 1963

Travel writing

YearTitleFirst publication detailsNotesReferences
1930Labels: A Mediterranean JournalDuckworth, London, 1930Published in US as A Bachelor Abroad, Cape, Smith, New York, 1930[8]
1931Remote PeopleDuckworth, London 1931Published in US as They Were Still Dancing, Farrar & Rinehart, New York, 1932
1934Ninety-two Days: The Account of a Tropical Journey Through British Guiana and Part of BrazilDuckworth, London, 1934
1936Waugh in AbyssiniaLongmans, Green, & Co., London, 1936
1939Robbery Under LawChapman and Hall, London, 1939Published in US as Mexico: an Object-Lesson Little, Brown, Boston, 1939
1946When the Going Was GoodDuckworth, London, 1946An anthology from the 1930s books
1952The Holy PlacesQueen Anne Press, London, 1952
1960A Tourist in AfricaChapman and Hall, London, 1960

Biography and autobiography

YearTitleFirst publication detailsNotesReferences
1928Rossetti: His Life and WorksDuckworth, London, 1928
1935Edmund Campion

Jesuit and Martyr

Longmans, London, 1935
1959The Life of the Right Reverend Ronald KnoxChapman and Hall, London, 1959
1964A Little Learning: the First Volume of an AutobiographyChapman and Hall, London, 1964
1919–1965The Diaries of Evelyn WaughWeidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1976
1914–1966The Letters of Evelyn WaughWeidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1980

Miscellaneous works

YearTitleFirst publication detailsNotesReferences
1947Wine in Peace and WarPrivately printed by Saccone & Speed Ltd, 1947[9]
1949A Selection from the Occasional Sermons of The Right Reverend Monsignor Ronald KnoxThe Dropmore Press, London, 1949Edited by Waugh. Limited edition, 500 copies[10]

Essays, reviews and journalism

The Essays, Articles and Reviews of Evelyn Waugh (Ed. Donat Gallagher, Methuen, London 1983) reprints the texts of more than 200 pieces by Waugh, published in the period 1917 to 1965. More than 300 further titles are listed but not reprinted.[11] In his Life of Evelyn Waugh, Douglas Lane Patey provides a list of the more significant pieces.[12]

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Slater (ed,) pp, x and 595
  2. Stannard, Vol. II p. 496
  3. Stannard, Vol. I, p. 112
  4. Stannard, Vol. II p. 497
  5. Stannard, Vol. II, p. 498
  6. Slater (ed.) p. 593
  7. Slater (ed.), p. 594
  8. Stannard, Vol I pp. 505–07
  9. Patey, pp. 258 & 395
  10. Patey, p. 408
  11. Gallagher, pp. 640–50
  12. Patey, pp. ix–x