A Handful of Dust
British novelist, 1903–1966.
A Handful of Dust is a 1934 novel by Evelyn Waugh.
On 2 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Evelyn Waugh
- First published
- 1934
- Length
- 224 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Comic novels and satire, Class and society, Love story
Is A Handful of Dust worth reading?
2 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it: 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library) and All-Time 100 Novels.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library, 1998) | No. 34 | See the list |
| All-Time 100 Novels (Time, 2005) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of A Handful of Dust
The edition we link to is the Penguin paperback (1999), 224 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin (paperback, 1999)
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN
- 9780140287400
How critics and readers rate A Handful of Dust
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 18% of the points available on critics' lists, against 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
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