Modern Classics Goodbye to All That

Modern Classics Goodbye to All That | Robert Graves

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I've always been fascinated by stories of the First World War both fiction and nonfiction.

ljuliel

ljuliel Thank you for the post. Very nice ! I‘ve only read one book about WW 1. It was fiction but very good.

A Soldier of the Great War

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coffees Oh man I've been meaning to read some of these!! Great picks :D 5y

CarolynM @Crimson613 Thanks. I would recommend them all🙂 5y

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KimHM

Modern Classics Goodbye to All That | Robert Graves

Subtle humor 😍

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KimHM

Modern Classics Goodbye to All That | Robert Graves

When The Dark Valley gets too heavy, I switch to Mr. Graves.

Gezemice Love Graves but have not yet read this. 7y

KimHM Be sure to get the 1929 original edition, before he "tidied it up" @Gezemice . 7y

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Verity

Goodbye to All That | Robert Graves, Ned Halley

Some picks for #inmemoriam for #MayBookFlowers. It's a bank holiday here, but we don't have #memorialday our day for remembering service men is Remembrance Day/Sunday. But I have taken that as my inspiration though - but particularly World War One/the Great War. So here we have 2 books by authors who were there, 2 about being there and two about the ramifications afterwards.

Lizpixie The Great War was a cataclysmic event that not everyone recovered from. It wasn't just the deaths, it was the shell shock & mental issues, the horrific injuries including loss of limbs, burns & lung damage from mustard gas & then there was the deaths from Spanish influenza that started on the battlefields and was carried home by thousands of soldiers. Nearly a whole generation was lost in that five year period. #lestweforget 8y

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JanuarieTimewalker13

Good-bye to All That | Robert Graves

"In this soldier's story, first published in 1929, poet Robert Graves traces the monumental loss of innocence that occurred as a result of World War I."
#inmemorium I started this book several years ago, but I don't think I was ready for it. I definitely would like to read it for Memorial Day 2018.

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cleoh

Modern Classics Goodbye to All That | Robert Graves

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I likely wouldn't have finished this if I hadn't had to read it for class. I'm not on for WWI memoirs, and this one had too much information packed into it. I understand the significance of Robert Graves, and the importance of his writing, especially through the lens of breaking barriers talking about the war, but this didn't capture my fancy unfortunately. ⭐️⭐️ #readingforfunmmd #genreiusuallyavoid #LitsyAtoZauthor @BookishMarginalia

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GoneFishing

Goodbye to All That | Robert Graves, Ned Halley

Cuinchy bred rats. They came up from the canal, fed on the plentiful corpses, and multiplied exceedingly. While I stayed here with the Welsh, a new officer joined the company... When he turned in that night, he heard a scuffling, shone his torch on the bed, and found two rats on his blanket tussling for the possession of a severed hand.

Hobbinol I think I would never fall asleep again!🐭 8y

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Jessicav

Modern Classics Goodbye to All That | Robert Graves

I always leave my books as the last things to pack up when moving, but it's time. This is the last bunch of books to go. Goodnight books. See you in a month or two. 😩

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Sparkin

Modern Classics Goodbye to All That | Robert Graves

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Tough start (schooldays), gritty and more interesting middle (WW1), lighter ending (Egypt). A Bookclub book. Nearly didn't persevere with it. Glad I did though. Not strikingly obvious that it's written by a poet. Natch.

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Sparkin

Modern Classics Goodbye to All That | Robert Graves