Good-Bye To All That: An Autobiography
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to. fair. No dust jacket — red cloth board binding in good condition. Pages yellowed with age. Previous owner.
One of the most celebrated memoirs of the twentieth century, Good-Bye to All That chronicles Robert Graves's turbulent early life, from his childhood and education at Charterhouse to his harrowing service as a British officer on the Western Front during the First World War. Written with unflinching honesty and darkly sardonic wit, Graves details the brutal realities of trench warfare — including near-fatal wounding at the Battle of the Somme — alongside the suffocating social conventions of Edwardian England that shaped and scarred his generation. The autobiography also uncovers the profound personal crises of his post-war years: a broken marriage, psychological trauma, and a fierce disillusionment with England's literary and social establishment. First published in 1929, it stands as a definitive farewell to the world destroyed by the Great War, a work of raw power and remarkable literary clarity that continues to be regarded as essential reading in the canon of war literature.
Author: Robert Graves
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to. fair. No dust jacket — red cloth board binding in good condition. Pages yellowed with age. Previous owner.
One of the most celebrated memoirs of the twentieth century, Good-Bye to All That chronicles Robert Graves's turbulent early life, from his childhood and education at Charterhouse to his harrowing service as a British officer on the Western Front during the First World War. Written with unflinching honesty and darkly sardonic wit, Graves details the brutal realities of trench warfare — including near-fatal wounding at the Battle of the Somme — alongside the suffocating social conventions of Edwardian England that shaped and scarred his generation. The autobiography also uncovers the profound personal crises of his post-war years: a broken marriage, psychological trauma, and a fierce disillusionment with England's literary and social establishment. First published in 1929, it stands as a definitive farewell to the world destroyed by the Great War, a work of raw power and remarkable literary clarity that continues to be regarded as essential reading in the canon of war literature.