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<b>The first volume in Siegfried Sassoon’s beloved trilogy, <i>The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston</i>, with a new introduction by celebrated historian Paul Fussell<br><br></b>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 realities of war.<br><br>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 1928, 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 life of local cricket tournaments and fox-hunts falls apart as war approaches and he joins up to fight. Sassoon's first novel, though rife with comic characters and a jaunty sense of storytelling, presents his own loss of innocence and the destruction of the country he knew and loved.<br><br>For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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<b>Siegfried Sassoon</b> (1886–1967) was a poet and novelist whose novels include the James Tait Black Award–winning <i>Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man</i>. He is recognized as one of the great poets of World War I and one of the war’s most influential opponents.<p></p><p><b>Paul Fussell</b> (1925–2012) was a writer, editor, and historian whose experiences in World War II led to his writing the award-winning classic <i>The Great War and Modern Memory</i>. He was also the editor of the collection <i>Sassoon’s Long Journey</i>.</p>
Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967) was a poet and novelist whose novels include the James Tait Black Award–winning Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man. He is recognized as one of the great poets of World War I and one of the war’s most influential opponents.
Paul Fussell (1925–2012) was a writer, editor, and historian whose experiences in World War II led to his writing the award-winning classic The Great War and Modern Memory. He was also the editor of the collection Sassoon’s Long Journey.
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