The Story of Brideshead Revisited

with illustrations from the T.V. series

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The Story

I Prologue Brideshead Revisited
II Et in Arcadia Ego - Chapter One I meet Sebastian Flyte - and Anthony Blanche - I visit Brideshead for the first time
III Et in Arcadia Ego - Chapter Two My cousin Jasper’s Grand Remonstrance - a warning against charm - Sunday morning in Oxford
IV Et in Arcadia Ego - Chapter Three My father at home - Lady Julia Flyte
V Et in Arcadia Ego - Chapter Four Sebastian at home - Lord Marchmain abroad
VI Et in Arcadia Ego - Chapter Five Autumn in Oxford - dinner with Rex Mottram and supper with Boy Mulcaster - Mr Samgrass - Lady Marchmain at home - Sebastian contra mundum
VII Brideshead Deserted - Chapter One
or Et in Arcadia Ego - Chapter Six (American)
Samgrass revealed - I take leave of Brideshead - Rex revealed
VIII Brideshead Deserted - Chapter Two
or Et in Arcadia Ego - Chapter Seven (American)
Julia and Rex
IX Brideshead Deserted - Chapter Three
or Et in Arcadia Ego - Chapter Eight (American)
Mulcaster and I in defence of our country - Sebastian abroad - I take leave of Marchmain House
X A Twitch upon the Thread - Chapter One Orphans of the Storm
XI A Twitch upon the Thread - Chapter Two Private view - Rex Mottram at home
XII A Twitch upon the Thread - Chapter Three The fountain
XIII A Twitch upon the Thread - Chapter Four Sebastian contra mundum
XIV A Twitch upon the Thread - Chapter Five Lord Marchmain at home - death in the Chinese drawing-room - the purpose revealed
XV Epilogue Brideshead Revisited

I hope you will now go on to enjoy reading the novel if you have not yet done so.

Meeting the nobleman in Venice