A Farewell to Arms
An American ambulance driver, an English nurse, and the Italian front — the Great War's great love story.
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The Return of the Soldier
by Rebecca West
War enters a private life through memory, love, and loss.
- 1918
The story, briefly
Spoiler-freeA shell-shocked British officer returns from the First World War with no memory of his marriage.
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A restrained companion
War enters a private life through memory, love, and loss.
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