Goodbye to All That
An Autobiography
$27.43
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
14 June 2001
Summary
In 1929, Robert Graves chose to live abroad permanently, vowing ‘never to make England my home again’. This is his superb account of his life leading up to that ‘bitter leave-taking’.
Graves details his childhood and his desperately unhappy school days at Charterhouse, followed by his experiences as a young officer in the First World War, a conflict that would haunt him throughout his life. The memoir also includes memorable encounters with fellow writers and poets, such as Siegfried …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141184593 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141184590 |
| Author: | Robert Graves |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 14 June 2001 |
| Weight: | 232g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 18mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
A remarkable book … Essential reading for the centenary of the first world war—Guardian
One of the most candid self-portraits of a poet, warts and all, ever painted—The Times Literary Supplement
We see the dark heart of the book even more clearly, and hear it beating even more loudly, in this original edition than we do in the comparatively careful and considered terms of the later one—Andrew Motion
About The Author
Robert Graves
Robert Graves was born in 1895 in Wimbledon. He went from school to the First World War, where he became a captain in the Royal Welch Fusiliers and was seriously wounded at the Battle of the Somme. He wrote his autobiography, Goodbye to All That, in 1929, and it was soon established as a modern classic. He died on 7 December 1985 in Majorca, his home since 1929.
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