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Subtitled "A Novel of Many Manners, " Evelyn Waugh's notorious first novel lays waste the "heathen idol" of British sportsmanship, the cultured perfection of Oxford, and the inviolable honor codes of the English gentleman.
| Prelude | 1 | |
| Part I | ||
| I | Vocation | 11 |
| II | Llanabba Castle | 18 |
| III | Captain Grimes | 25 |
| IV | Mr. Prendergast | 35 |
| V | Discipline | 40 |
| VI | Conduct | 49 |
| VII | Philbrick | 57 |
| VIII | The Sports | 74 |
| IX | The Sports-continued | 96 |
| X | Post Mortem | 108 |
| XI | Philbrick-continued | 116 |
| XII | The Agony of Captain Grimes | 123 |
| XIII | The Passing of a Public-School Man | 137 |
| Part II | ||
| I | King's Thursday | 151 |
| II | Interlude in Belgravia | 162 |
| III | Pervigilium Veneris | 165 |
| IV | Resurrection | 184 |
| V | The Latin-American Entertainment Co., Ltd. | 191 |
| VI | A Hitch in the Wedding Preparations | 197 |
| Part III | ||
| I | Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make | 215 |
| II | The Lucas-Dockery Experiments | 231 |
| III | The Death of a Modern Churchman | 238 |
| IV | Nor Iron Bars a Cage | 249 |
| V | The Passing of a Public-School Man | 264 |
| VI | The Passing of Paul Pennyfeather | 271 |
| VII | Resurrection | 279 |
| Epilogue | 289 |
Overview
Subtitled "A Novel of Many Manners, " Evelyn Waugh's notorious first novel lays waste the "heathen idol" of British sportsmanship, the cultured perfection of Oxford, and the inviolable honor codes of the English gentleman.