The memoirs of George Sherston

Memoirs of a fox-hunting man, Memoirs of an infantry officer, Sherston"s progress

by Siegfried Sassoon

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Published 1937 by Doubleday, Doran & Company, inc. in Garden City, N.Y .
Written in English

Subjects:

• World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, British.

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Edition Notes

Statement	by Siegfried Sassoon.
Classifications
LC Classifications	PR6037.A86 M4 1937
The Physical Object
Pagination	5 p. ℗ ., 376 p., 2 ℗ ., 9-322 p., 3 ℗ ., 3-245 p.
Number of Pages	376
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL14109630M
LC Control Number	37027281

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About this Item: The Reprint Society, Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The three volumes which comprise this combined edition of 'The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston' ('Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man', first published ; 'Memoirs of an Infantry Officer', first published ; and 'Sherston's Progress', first published ) are widely seen as the 'fictionalised. In this first novel of the semiautobiographical George Sherston trilogy, Sassoon wonderfully captures the vanishing idylls of the Edwardian English countryside. Never out of print since its original publication in , when it won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Sassoon’s reminiscences about childhood and the beginning of World War I are channeled through young George Sherston, whose.

He published a semi-autobiographical trilogy: Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man (), Memoirs of an Infantry Officer (), and Sherston's Progress (). He also published an autobiography, The Old Century and Seven More Years () which was his own personal favourite. The Memoirs of George Sherston brings together in one memorable volume the three widely-hailed “autobiographical novels” of the eminent English poet, Siegfried Sassoon. This book follows on from "Memoirs of a Fox Hunting Man" and "Memoirs of an Infantry Officer". I would recommend reading all 3 books together. George Sherston has been sent back to England to recuperate from an injury sustained in battle in France in WW1. It is during this time that he decides that the war should stop and it is up to him to do it.4/5(2).

Find books like The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston from the world’s largest community of readers. Goodreads members who liked The Complete Memoirs o. Sassoon's semi-autobiographical trilogy - Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man (), Memoirs of an Infantry Officer () and Sherston's Progress () - was outstandingly successful. He published several more volumes of autobiography, including Siegfried's Journey (), before his death in /5(10). The second volume in Siegfried Sassoon's beloved trilogy, The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston, with a new introduction by celebrated historian Paul Fussell A highly decorated English soldier and an acclaimed poet and novelist, Siegfried Sassoon won fame for his trilogy of fictionalized autobiographies that wonderfully capture the vanishing idylls of Edwardian England and the brutal.