A shell-shocked officer returns to the tranquillity of his home and the 3 women who love him — the cousin who narrates his story, the wife he fails to recognize, and the first love of his youth. This 1918 novel takes a perceptive look at the effects of the first modern war on British society.
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A shell-shocked officer returns to the tranquillity of his home and the 3 women who love him — the cousin who narrates his story, the wife he fails to recognize, and the first love of his youth. This 1918 novel takes a perceptive look at the effects of the first modern war on British society.
Reprint of narratives from the Slave Narrative Collection, Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
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