Project Gutenberg 2011-08-24 Public domain in the USA. 353 West, Rebecca 1892 1983 Fairfield, Cecily Isabel Andrews, Cecily Isabel Fairfield Fairfield, Cicely Isabel Fairfield, Cicily Isabel The Return of the Soldier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_of_the_Soldier Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "The Return of the Soldier" by Rebecca West is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the emotional turmoil and consequences of World War I, particularly focusing on the life of Christopher Baldry, a soldier who returns from war with memory loss and disorientation. The narrative delves into themes of love, memory, and the stark contrast between pre-war innocence and post-war reality, primarily through the perspectives of two women in Christopher's life: his wife, Kitty, and his cousin, Jenny. At the start of the novel, we meet Kitty, who is dealing with the absence of her husband Christopher, who has not written for two weeks while serving in France. As she mourns the loss of their child and engages in daily life, Jenny, a close friend, reflects on Christopher's past happiness and the idyllic life they shared at their home, Baldry Court. The atmosphere shifts dramatically when a visitor named Mrs. Grey arrives bearing news of Christopher's injury—he has suffered from shell shock and is in a hospital in Boulogne. This revelation stirs a mix of disbelief and worry among the women, revealing their apprehensions about his mental state and the potential implications for their lives. Tension builds around the notion of memory and identity as Christopher's return brings unresolved feelings and complicated relationships to the surface. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/37189/37189-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 77.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en War stories England -- Fiction Psychological fiction Domestic fiction Country homes -- Fiction Soldiers -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction World War, 1914-1918 -- England -- Fiction War neuroses -- Fiction Amnesia -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 201030 2025-09-15T06:48:57.154033 text/html 199435 2014-04-09T13:24:16 text/html 1003941 2025-09-15T06:49:00.478082 application/epub+zip 1004187 2025-09-15T06:48:57.693045 application/epub+zip 111176 2025-09-15T06:48:57.398019 application/epub+zip 1065633 2025-09-15T06:49:02.773038 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1048901 2025-09-15T06:49:00.058010 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 159074 2022-09-17T05:35:22.708469 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 184664 2025-09-15T06:48:56.793013 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 184435 2014-04-09T13:23:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 184426 2014-04-09T13:23:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 23115 2025-09-15T06:49:02.904997 application/rdf+xml 10611 2025-09-15T06:48:57.463031 image/jpeg 1566 2025-09-15T06:48:57.431029 image/jpeg 72867 2014-04-09T13:24:56 application/octet-stream application/zip 956961 2014-04-09T13:24:56 application/octet-stream application/zip 72846 2014-04-09T13:24:56 application/octet-stream application/zip 957741 2025-09-15T06:48:57.197022 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia