About this title: Robert Graves, English novelist, poet and essayist, describes the events of his youth, and how he came--along with the rest of the world--to the end of his innocence during World War I.
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics
Date Published: 1977
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. 281 p. Includes maps. section of b&w photographs spine very creased, corners curled, pages tanned-free of any markings-clean, clear and square read more
Edition: Rev. ed.
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin, London
Date Published: 1960
Description: Good paperback. Some browning to pages; spine edges rubbed; small bruise to top edge of front cover & first few pages. Penguin Books no.1443. read more
Edition: 20th Century Classics
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Guild, London
Date Published: 1979
Description: Fair. No Jacket. Hardback. H. 8 1/2" 306pp. Part of the '20th century classics' series. Childs ballpoint scrawl on rear board, copyright & Prologue pages. Scuff mark to front board. Maroon simulated leather with copious gilt to front board and spine. Decorative endpapers. Use '20th century classics' as keyword for more books in this series. Image is of ACTUAL BOOK on sale. read more
Description: Good. Ships from the UK. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Folio Society
Date Published: 1981
Description: Fine. Hardback, no slipcase; khaki cloth covered boards with military illustration in black to both front and back boards. Near Mint Condition; read more
Description: Acceptable. Ships from the UK. Some markings in pencil. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Description: Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780140274202ISBN:0140274200
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 368 pages. (368 pages) tells the story of the author's life at public school and as a young officer during the first world war. (Paperback) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780141184593ISBN:0141184590
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 288 pages. (288 pages) presents an account of the author's life up until that 'bitter leave-taking': from his childhood and desperately unhappy school days at charterhouse, to his time serving as a young officer in the first world war that was to haunt him throughout his life. (Paperback) read more
Binding: Spoken Word Compact Disc
Publisher: Csa Word
Date Published: 2009-06-01
ISBN-13:9781934997314ISBN:1934997315
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Binding: Audio CD
Publisher: CSA Word
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781934997314ISBN:1934997315
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Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin, London
ISBN-13:9780140180985ISBN:0140180982
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. No publication date given; presume fairly recent. Unread. No crease on spine. Minimal wear. Sturdy, clean text, tight binding. 359 p.; 18 cm. Audience: General/trade. Originally published: London: Cassell, 1957. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 22/02/1990
ISBN-13:9780140180985ISBN:0140180982
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
"I'll probably finish this eventually, but I'm really bogged down in it. There is so much stuff about an England that no longer exists, about public schools, and jokes dependent upon Greek conjugation that I can detect that Graves is being witty without understanding why. Maybe it will change when he gets to the war, but so far it has been more cryptic humor about regimental history. I really feel culturally stymied by this book, and I thought that I was pretty well versed in the closer points of England. In its favor, I did enjoy the few pages about his German summers."
"I thoroughly enjoyed this autobiography for its well-written account of growing up in a priviledged English family and experiencing WWI both in the trenches and on the home front. He also had to opportunity to interact with writers who would later make names for themselves. Graves' writing skill was already highly polished at this young age."
"I saw this autobiography by Robert Graves some 10-15 years ago in various bookstores but I thought I would not read it since it looked formidable to me. I knew he graduated from Oxford and was a captain in World War I, therefore, he witnessed lots of sad episodes and fallen soldiers. He was a Greek scholar and wrote famous novels like, 'I, Claudius,''Claudius the God' and 'Count Belisarius'. However, I decided to read this autobiography few years ago and found it readable and amazing. His writing style is unique, I mean you can learn from his words revealing humility and sense of humour. In a word, he was of course embittered from the Great War but he kept on writing and living with his wife in Marjorca (east of Spain) since 1929.
My note written on page 347: Great prose and lots of wonderful phrases and words and sense of humour. A great man of letters and valour."
"I was a little disappointed by this book. Graves went through a lot of detail about his childhood, education, and his circle of poetry friends when all I really wanted to hear about was trench warfare/WWI. I never got a good sense of what he did in the war itself, other than ramblings about the different divisions of the British military. He would say things like "I was sent to comand so & so" but he didn't go into detail of what this actually entailed. All in all, the book didn't meet my expectations, but because it is considered a classic of WWI literature, I'm still glad I read it."
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