# A Handful of Dust

**Author:** Evelyn Waugh
**Grade range:** Grades 11–12
**Age range:** 16–17
**First published:** 1934
**Page count:** 265
**Genre:** Humor
**ISBN-13:** `9780375414206`
**ISBN-10:** `0375414207`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/a-handful-of-dust
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Themes

- adultery
- divorce
- brazil, fiction
- england, fiction

## Where this book is assigned

### Cambridge AS & A-Level English Literature (9695)

- **required** · 11th grade — [source: Prescribed set text for Cambridge International AS & A Level Literature in English (9695), Paper 2 Section A (Prose), for examination in 2027. Transcribed from the official Cambridge International syllabus (721410-2027-2028-syllabus.pdf). Set texts rotate ](https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/programmes-and-qualifications/cambridge-international-as-and-a-level-literature-in-english-9695/)
- **required** · 12th grade — [source: Prescribed set text for Cambridge International AS & A Level Literature in English (9695), Paper 2 Section A (Prose), for examination in 2027. Transcribed from the official Cambridge International syllabus (721410-2027-2028-syllabus.pdf). Set texts rotate ](https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/programmes-and-qualifications/cambridge-international-as-and-a-level-literature-in-english-9695/)

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