Anthony Blanche

Anthony Blanche, fictional character in the novel Brideshead Revisited (1945) by Evelyn Waugh. Blanche, a homosexual friend of Sebastian Marchmain, is an intellectual and an aesthete whose astute critical faculties fascinate and impress his Oxford classmates.

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Article Title: Anthony Blanche

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Date Published: 05 November 2024

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Access Date: February 22, 2025