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Revision as of 01:40, 4 February 2008
| Author | Rebecca West |
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| Illustrator | Norman Price |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Psychological, War novel |
| Publisher | The Century Company |
Publication date | 1918 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 185 pp |
| ISBN | NA Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
The Return of the Soldier is a 1918 novel by British novelist Rebecca West. It concerns Chris Baldry, a shell shocked soldier whose re-integration makes it difficult to enter British mainstream society after World War I.
Plot Summary
Set during World War I on an isolated country estate just outside London, Rebecca West's haunting novel The Return of the Soldier follows Chris Baldry, a shell-shocked captain suffering from amnesia, as he makes a bittersweet homecoming to the three women who have helped shape his life. Will the devoted wife he can no longer recollect, the favorite cousin he remembers only as a childhood friend, and the poor innkeeper's daughter he once courted leave Chris to languish in a safe, dreamy past--or will they help him recover his memory so that he can return to the front? The answer is revealed through a heartwrenching, unexpected sacrifice.
Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
The novel was made into a 1982 film starring Alan Bates as Baldry and co-starring Julie Christie, Ian Holm, Glenda Jackson, and Ann-Margret....
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