Sherston's progress
Sassoon, Siegfried2013
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This is the final book of Siegfried Sassoon.s semi-autobiographical trilogy. It starts with Sherston.s arrival at Slateford War Hospital and the famous neurologist WHR Rivers is a major character in the book. Sherston eventually returns to the army and is sent to Palestine, Ireland and finally the Western Front in France. There he is shot in the head, survives and returns to London, where he meets up with Rivers and sees the armistice celebrations. [It is preceded by 'Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man' and 'Memoirs of an Infantry Officer'.]
Main title:
Sherston's progress / Siegfried Sassoon ; with an introduction by Paul Fussell
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Imprint:
New York : Penguin, 2013
Collation:
xxi, 147 p. ; 20cm
Notes:
Originally published in 1936.
ISBN:
0143107178
Language:
English
BRN:
1779952
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