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Good-bye to All That: An Autobiography
Robert Graves
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Description for Good-bye to All That: An Autobiography
Paperback. There was no patriotism in the trenches. It was too remote a sentiment, and rejected as fit only for civilians. As Blighty, Great Britain was a quiet, easy place to get back to out of the present foreign misery, but as a nation it was nothing. This is the memoir of the First World War. Editor(s): Brearton, Fran. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 180 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
"There was no patriotism in the trenches. It was too remote a sentiment, and rejected as fit only for civilians. A new arrival who talked patriotism would soon be told to cut it out. As Blighty, Great Britain was a quiet, easy place to get back to out of the present foreign misery, but as a nation it was nothing."
This is the original version of Robert Graves's intense memoir of the First World War, restoring this raw, emotionally truthful, darkly comic work to the way it was first written, by a young man still reeling from the trenches. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd London
Publication date
2014
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141392660
SKU
V9780141392660
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About Robert Graves
Robert Graves (Author) Robert Graves was born in 1895 in Wimbledon. He went from school to the First World War, where he became a captain in the Royal Welch Fusiliers and was seriously wounded at the Battle of the Somme. He wrote his autobiography, Goodbye to All That, in 1929, and it was soon established as a modern ... Read more
Reviews for Good-bye to All That: An Autobiography
A remarkable book ... Essential reading for the centenary of the first world war
Guardian
One of the most candid self-portraits of a poet, warts and all, ever painted
The Times Literary Supplement
We see the dark heart of the book even more clearly, and hear it beating even more loudly, in this original edition than ... Read more
Guardian
One of the most candid self-portraits of a poet, warts and all, ever painted
The Times Literary Supplement
We see the dark heart of the book even more clearly, and hear it beating even more loudly, in this original edition than ... Read more