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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Everymans Library
Publication date April 1, 2002
Pages 225
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780375414206
ISBN-10 0375414207
Dimensions 1 by 5.25 by 8.25 in.
Weight 0.90 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published in Great Britain
Original list price $21.00
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A satire of decadence among the English upper class depicts the breakup of a marriage among London's gentry, following the changing relationship between Tony Last, who is obsessed with his Victorian gothic country estate, and his wife, Lady Brenda, who, bored with her husband, embarks on an affair with an ambitious social climber.
Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780140008227 Book cover for 9780316216272 Book cover for 9780375414206 Book cover for 9781850892748
 
Reissue edition from Little Brown & Co (December 11, 2012)
9780316216272 | details & prices | 273 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.08 lbs | List price $29.99
About: After seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last has grown bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband, Tony.
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from Everymans Library (April 1, 2002)
9780375414206 | details & prices | 225 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $21.00
About: A satire of decadence among the English upper class depicts the breakup of a marriage among London's gentry, following the changing relationship between Tony Last, who is obsessed with his Victorian gothic country estate, and his wife, Lady Brenda, who, bored with her husband, embarks on an affair with an ambitious social climber.
Large print edition from Isis Large Print Books (April 1, 1989)
9781850892748 | details & prices | List price $19.95
About: Laced with cynicism and truth, "A Handful of Dust" satirizes a certain stratum of English life where all the characters have money, but lack practically every other credential.
from Penguin USA (June 1, 1951); titled "Handful of Dust"
9780140008227 | details & prices | List price $3.50
About: (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)Evelyn Waugh’s 1934 novel is a bitingly funny vision of aristocratic decadence in England between the wars.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780316216265 Book cover for 9780316926058
 
Reprint edition from Back Bay Books (December 11, 2012)
9780316216265 | details & prices | 273 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $15.99
Mti edition from Back Bay Books (June 1, 1988)
9780316926058 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $14.99
Cassette/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9780736620550 Book cover for 9781560549741
 
from G K Hall Audio Books (June 1, 1991); titled "Handful of Dust"
9781560549741 | details & prices | List price $64.95
About: Laced with cynicism and truth, "A Handful of Dust" satirizes a certain stratum of English life where all the characters have money, but lack practically every other credential.
With David Case (other contributor) | Unabridged edition from Books on Tape (July 1, 1934)
9780736620550 | details & prices | List price $48.00
About: A HANDFUL OF DUST satirizes that stratum of English life where all the characters have money, but lack practically every other credential.
Prebinding
Book cover for 9780613172677
 
from Turtleback Books (March 1, 2001)
9780613172677 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $21.55
About: Laced with cynicism and truth, "A Handful of Dust" satirizes a certain stratum of English life where all the characters have money, but lack practically every other credential.

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