Death of a hero / Richard Aldington ; introduction by James H. Meredith.
2013
PR6001.L4 D4 2013 (Mapit)
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Title
Death of a hero / Richard Aldington ; introduction by James H. Meredith.
ISBN
9780143106876 (pbk.)
0143106872 (pbk.)
0143106872 (pbk.)
Publication Details
New York : Penguin Books, 2013.
Language
English
Description
xxii, 344 p. ; 20 cm.
Call Number
PR6001.L4 D4 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
823/.912
Summary
"One of the great World War I antiwar novels--honest, chilling, and brilliantly satirical Based on the author's experiences on the Western Front, Richard Aldington's first novel, Death of a Hero, finally joins the ranks of Penguin Classics. Our hero is George Winterbourne, who enlists in the British Expeditionary Army during the Great War and gets sent to France. After a rash of casualties leads to his promotion through the ranks, he grows increasingly cynical about the war and disillusioned by the hypocrisies of British society. Aldington's writing about Britain's ignorance of the tribulations of its soldiers is among the most biting ever published. Death of a Hero vividly evokes the morally degrading nature of combat as it rushes toward its astounding finish. "-- Provided by publisher.
Series
Penguin classics.
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