Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press/Little, Brown and Co, Boston
Date Published: 1943
Description: Good. Hilton's protagonist Charles Rainer loses his memory from shell shock in World War I, then regains as the result of an accident, copy published 1943, no DJ, rubbing to spine, spine discolored, page edges toned with some foxing on bottom, gift dedication on front free-endpaper, pages clean and dark, 327 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, Boston
Description: Good. B001S37DZ8 No dust jacket. Great 1943 printing tightly bound and intact. Small coffee splash to lower page ends, page tanning, former owner wrote name on flyleaf, blue cloth covered boards show fading at spine and some edge wear. No marking to textblock or page ends. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Co. , Boston, no print date
Date Published: c. 1941
Description: Hardcover, 327 pp, VG/ no DJ. Green cloth with red lettering. Spine ends have some fading. Corners bumped/ spine ends soft. Light pp edges soiled. PP age browned. NO MARKS. Fep-dog eared, but ok, read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York, Rockefeller Center, New York
Date Published: (1949)
Description: Later printing. Mass market paperback. Very good minus with cover scuffed and creased, owner's name inside rear cover and on rear endpaper. read more
"The movie made from this book was a childhood favorite. Really!! It starred Ronald Colman and Greer Garson, who had arguably the most beautiful speaking voices of any actors starring in Hollywood movies. And in the movie we actually get to hear Greer Garson's singing voice in one scene, apparently not dubbed as it would have been in recent years. So I was delighted to finally get around to reading the book was based on a few years ago. When an anonymous, PTSD afflicted World War I soldier with amnesia escapes from a mental treatment center during the hubbub on Armistice Day, he encounters a charming vaudeville show-girl (hence the singing scene in the movie) called Paula, who befriends him and nicknames him Smitty. Spoilers ahead: They eventually fall in love and marry. But as the result of an accident, he loses his memory of the preceding few years, while regaining his memory up to the point of his WWI service. He is Charles Regnier, scion of a wealthy industrial family. He takes over the family business and even develops a new romantic relationship. Paula, meanwhile, has no idea of what has befallen him. Through a combination of unlikely coincidence, abiding love, determination, and compassion things work out in a surprising way. This is a lovely, sad, old fashioned story, popular in its day, that has been overlooked in recent years. I think lovers of Elswyth Thane would enjoy reading it."
"I read this about 20+ years ago, and I had forgotten a lot of the plot. When the movie was on TCM recently, I was inspired to get the book and read it again. Not a bad read."
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