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From: Remi Category: Books Date: 20 September 2008 Time: 02:47 PM Review: Remember hearing about this book when I was at St. Roger's College, Oxford. Started out very enthusiastic about 'Brideshead Revisited', when I was reading it on the train. The descriptions were very atmospheric and precise, and helped me build up a mental and physical picture of the characters, namely Charles Ryder and Sebastian. But I didn't find anything more about their inner workings after the first 50 pages. The plot worked perfectly well, it just seems lacking in depth about these characters. Why are they so much into Catholicism? What does this actually tell you about someone? What made the characters fall in love? What was their friendship based on? These aspects could have been covered more. There was a good deal about Sebastian's alcoholism; perhaps this was quite daring for a novel at the time. Found Charles' career as an artist unconvincing: there was little mention of it during his formative years. Perhaps it was easier to become an artist in the old days. Am intrigued that they managed to make a TV adaptation several epsiodes long. Wonder how the new film compares.