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The Return of the Soldier
Rebecca West
10 days •
ⓘ 1918 • Captain Chris Baldry returns from the shells and trenches of WWI traumatized, straining his family’s ties and challenging his cousin Jenny.
A Son at the Front
Edith Wharton
34 days •
ⓘ 1923 • Wharton's partially autobiographical book on the devastation of WWI behind the lines.
Under Fire
Henri Barbusse
36 days •
ⓘ 1916 • One of the first novels to be published about WWI. Based upon the author's experience as a French soldier on the western front of the war, it's a gritty realistic depiction of war.
One of Ours
Willa Cather
53 days •
ⓘ 1922 • Denied his chance at university, Claude is called back to his father's successful farm and he is soon married. Both come to be prisons for him, until an overseas adventure gives him a sense of purpose.
Three Soldiers
John Dos Passos
43 days •
ⓘ 1921 • A novel exploring the disillusionment and violence inflicted on common soldiers in World War I.
Soldiers' Pay
William Faulkner
30 days •
ⓘ 1926 • A soldier horribly injured in the First World War - nearly silent and blind - returns home to a family who thought him dead and a fiancé tired of waiting.
Some Do Not...
Ford Madox Ford
32 days •
ⓘ 1924 • Christopher Tietjens, in the midst of a failing marriage and new love, is rocked by the opening of World War I. Praised as a groundbreaking work of WWI.
No More Parades
Ford Madox Ford
25 days •
ⓘ 1925 • Christopher Tietjens returns to the outskirts of the First World War to train new troops, when he's surprised by a visit from his scandalous wife.
A Man Could Stand Up
Ford Madox Ford
23 days •
ⓘ 1926 • Christopher Tietjens returns to London at the close of World War I a changed man in this exploration of the lasting horrors of war.
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Ford Madox Ford
20 days •
ⓘ 1928 • The concluding entry in Ford's Parade's End series exploring the devastation and legacy of the First World War.
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