Waugh, Eve ‧ lyn /wɔː, ˈiːvlən/ BrE AmE
(1903–66) a British writer known especially for his novels about ↑ upper-class English people in the period between World War I and World War II. His early books, such as Decline and Fall , are very funny ↑ satire s on English ↑ upper-class society, but his later books, such as ↑ Brideshead Revisited , are much more serious.