Title: Scoop Author: Waugh, Evelyn [Arthur Evelyn St John] () Date of first publication: [this version, with new preface]; [original version] Edition used as base for this ebook: London: Chapman Hall, Date first posted: 18 April Date last updated: 18 April Project Gutenberg Canada ebook # Evelyn Waugh was one of literature's great curmudgeons and a scathingly funny satirist. Scoop is a comedy of England's newspaper business of the s and the story of William Boot, a innocent hick from the country who writes careful essays about the habits of the badger/5(). Scoop is a much-admired satirical novel by Evelyn Waugh, widely held to be a comedic literary classic. It was first published in and recounts the tale of British foreign correspondents reporting on a civil war from the fictional East African country of Ishmaelia/5.
Evelyn Waugh's Scoop () is a satire on journalism and the endless, wild pursuit of the hottest news. Published to widespread critical acclaim, it is still read widely today. For many critics, this is one of Waugh's best works. It was once included in The Observer's list of the greatest novels of all time. Scoop is a novel by the English writer Evelyn Waugh. It is a satire of sensationalist journalism and foreign correspondents. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators.
Scoop () was Evelyn Waugh’s fifth published novel. It continues the comic themes he had established with Decline and Fall (), Vile Bodies (), Black Mischief (), and A Handful of Dust (). Welcome! Log into your account. your username. your password. Scoop is a much-admired satirical novel by Evelyn Waugh, widely held to be a comedic literary classic. It was first published in and recounts the tale of British foreign correspondents reporting on a civil war from the fictional East African country of Ishmaelia.
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