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Goodbye to All That
Goodbye to All That | Robert Graves, Ned Halley
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Robert Graves' superb autobiography tells the story of his life at public school and as a young officer during the First World War.
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CarolynM
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#keeplitsyactive #historybooks

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

ljuliel Thank you for the post. Very nice ! I‘ve only read one book about WW 1. It was fiction but very good. (edited) 4y
coffees Oh man I've been meaning to read some of these!! Great picks :D 4y
CarolynM @Crimson613 Thanks. I would recommend them all🙂 4y
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KimHM
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Subtle humor 😍

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KimHM
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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
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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 7y
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JanuarieTimewalker13
Good-bye to All That | Robert Graves
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"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
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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!🐭 7y
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Jessicav
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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
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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
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Rather sad.

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Sparkin

Rather sad.

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Sparkin
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This isn't a book with lots of laughs but I did lol a bit at this rendition of #Macbeth!

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Sparkin
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Sad that the women didn't get the upper hand :(

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Sparkin

A shame that this didn't come about.

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Sparkin
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It's not what you know etc etc

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Sparkin
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New word for me, describing John Brown, Queen Victoria's ghillie. #vocab #vocabulary

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Sparkin
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Didn't know there was rationing in WW1.

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Sparkin
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Eek!

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Sparkin
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Must look up Isaac Rosenberg and Charles Sorley (poets) as I've only heard of Wilfred Owen.

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Sparkin
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Eewww!

BookBabe 😱 8y
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