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The Return of the Soldier (Modern Library Torchbearers)
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A soldier returns home transformed by World War I, sending shock waves through the lives of three women, in Rebecca Wests groundbreaking debut novelJenny has been waiting for the return of her cousin, Lieutenant Chris Baldry, from the faraway front lines of the war in France. She has kept vigil alongside Chriss wife, Kitty, who has also been mourning the death of their first child. However, when Chris returns to their isolated estate outside of London, he is a man transformed, suffering from shell shock and believing he is still twenty years old. He is baffled by his surroundings, which have somehow aged beyond his memory, and hes hopelessly, obsessively in love with a woman. Exceptthe woman hes in love with is not his wife. He doesnt even remember her, or the son they lost. Instead, he declares his undying love for Margaret, a poor innkeepers daughter with whom he shared a passionate summer romance fifteen years prior.Rebecca West published her oftenoverlooked debut novel at the age of only twentysix during the height of World War I, and was one of the first writers to explore the impact of posttraumatic stress in literature. The result is a tense, gripping portrait of sacrifice, regret, and the transformative power of war to alter our understanding of ourselves.
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