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The Return of the Soldier

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Set during World War I on an isolated country estate just outside London, Rebecca Wests haunting novel The Return of the Soldier follows Chris Baldry, a shell-shocked captain suffering from amnesia, as he makes a bittersweet homecoming to the three women who have helped shape his life. Will the devoted wife he can no longer recollect, the favorite cousin he remembers only as a childhood friend, and the poor innkeepers daughter he once courted leave Chris to languish in a safe, dreamy past—or will they help him recover his memory so that he can return to the front? The answer is revealed through a heartwrenching, unexpected sacrifice.

The text of this Modern Library Paperback Classic was set from the first American edition, published in 1918, and features original illustrations by Norman Price.

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VERLYN KLINKENBORG, the author of Making Hay, The Last Fine Time, and The Rural Life, has written for numerous publications. A member of the editorial board of The New York Times, he lives in upstate New York.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780812971224
Introduction:
Klinkenborg, Verlyn
Publisher:
Modern Library
Introduction by:
Klinkenborg, Verlyn
Introduction:
Klinkenborg, Verlyn
Author:
West, Rebecca
Author:
Klinkenborg, Verlyn
Location:
New York
Subject:
Historical - General
Subject:
Man-woman relationships
Subject:
England
Subject:
Amnesia
Subject:
Psychological fiction
Subject:
Soldiers
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918
Subject:
Country homes
Subject:
War stories
Subject:
Domestic fiction
Subject:
War neuroses.
Subject:
War & Military
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series:
Modern Library Classics
Series Volume:
51
Publication Date:
20040631
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
4 BandW ILLUSTRATIONS
Pages:
112
Dimensions:
7.90x5.50x.25 in. .20 lbs.
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