Search
    Search FictionDB
      Tap cover to enlarge

      Vile Bodies

      by Evelyn Waugh
      Published
      Dec 1977
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Rating
      Pages
      336
      Buy on Amazon Book

      About This Book

      "A wickedly witty and iridescent novel" satirizes the generation of Bright Young Things that dominated London high society in the 1920s (Time).

      In the years following the First World War a new generation emerged, wistful and vulnerable beneath the glitter. The Bright Young Things of 1920s London, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and sophistication, exercised their inventive minds and vile bodies in every kind of capricious escapade. In these pages a vivid assortment of characters, among them the struggling writer Adam Fenwick-Symes and the glamorous, aristocratic Nina Blount, hunt fast and furiously for ever greater sensations and the hedonistic fulfillment of their desires. Evelyn Waugh's acidly funny satire reveals the darkness and vulnerability beneath the sparkling surface of the high life.

      "Vile Bodies may shock you, but it will make you laugh." —New York Times

      Genres & Themes

      Genres

      General Fiction

      Buy This Book

      Amazon Physical Book | Kindle
      Barnes & Noble Physical Book | Nook
      Bookshop.org Physical Book Books-A-Million Physical Book Apple Books eBook Google Play eBook Kobo eBook Audible Audiobook

      Formats & Editions

      Browse the different covers, formats, and publication history for this title.

      Paperback

      Paperback edition cover
      Trade Paperback
      First Edition Dec 1977 Back Bay ISBN13 9780316926119 ISBN10 0316926116
      Buy
      Paperback edition cover
      Trade Paperback
      Feb 2000 Penguin (UK) ISBN13 9780141182872 ISBN10 0141182873
      Buy
      Paperback edition cover
      Paperback
      Jan 2012 Penguin ISBN13 9780141389868 ISBN10 0141389869
      Buy
      Paperback edition cover
      Trade Paperback
      Dec 2012 Back Bay ISBN13 9780316216340 ISBN10 0316216348
      Buy

      Hardcover

      Hardcover edition cover
      Hardcover
      Nov 1977 Little, Brown ISBN13 9780316926164 ISBN10 0316926167
      Buy
      Hardcover edition cover
      Hardcover
      Aug 1994 Random House ISBN13 9780517129661 ISBN10 0517129663
      Buy
      Hardcover edition cover
      Hardcover
      Apr 2011 Penguin ISBN13 9780141193434 ISBN10 0141193433
      Buy
      Hardcover edition cover
      Hardcover
      Dec 2012 Little, Brown ISBN13 9780316216333 ISBN10 031621633X
      Buy
      Hardcover edition cover
      Hardcover
      Nov 2022 Penguin (UK) ISBN13 9780241585283 ISBN10 0241585287
      Buy

      eBook

      eBook edition cover
      eBook
      Jun 2012 Penguin ISBN13 9780141190693 ISBN10 0141190698
      Buy
      eBook edition cover
      eBook
      Dec 2012 Little, Brown ISBN13 9780316216647 ISBN10 031621664X
      Buy
      eBook edition cover
      eBook
      Dec 2012 Little, Brown ISBN10 B00870NI0E
      Buy
      eBook edition cover
      eBook
      Oct 2025 Asimis Books ISBN13 9786178705718 ISBN10 6178705719
      Buy

      Audio

      Audio edition cover
      Audio Cassette
      Feb 2004 Chivers Audio Books ISBN13 9780754084068 ISBN10 075408406X
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      Audible
      Sep 2008 CSA Word ISBN10 B001GN35HA
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      audible.com (abridged)
      Sep 2008 CSA Word ISBN10 B0036GMG9S
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      Audio CD
      Sep 2008 CSA WORD ISBN13 9781906147273 ISBN10 1906147272
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      Audio CD
      Nov 2008 CSA Word ISBN13 9781934997154 ISBN10 1934997153
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      Audible
      Nov 2015 Hachette Audio UK ISBN10 B0176S8LRW
      Buy