Harry Brockway Knihy

The story of an impoverished Russion student's murder of a miserly landlady and its repercussions on his life and his family

Poviedka o prostom človeku, pastierovi a jeho dokonalom splynutí s prírodou. Obraz provensálského pastiera je oslavou vytrvalej činnosti, ktorá si nenárokuje nárok na odmenu, a predsa sa svojím výsledkom blíži k aktu stvorenia. Poviedka sa stala pre ochrancov prírody inšpiráciou k zalesňovaniu celých oblastí.

Charles Ryder, a lonely student at Oxford, is captivated by the outrageous and decadent Sebastian Flyte. Invited to Brideshead, Sebastian's magnificent family home, Charles welcome the attentions of its eccentric, aristocratic inhabitants, gradually becoming infatuated with them and the life of privilege the inhabit--in particular, with Sebastian's remote sister Julia. But he gradually comes to recognize his spiritual and social distance from them, eventually discovering a world where duty and desire, faith and happiness are in conflict.