Evelyn Waugh
The British novelist lived a skeptical, hedonistic life before his conversion, enjoying London’s social scene. Exposure to Catholic intellectuals in the 1930s shifted his perspective dramatically through conversation. Waugh embraced Catholicism despite its social disadvantages in England at that time for aristocrats. His classic novel Brideshead Revisited beautifully reflects his Catholic worldview within English society. Waugh’s faith influenced all his subsequent writing, though he remained personally acerbic.
