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The Return of the Soldier is the powerful debut novel of the prolific English novelist Rebecca West. First published in 1918, the novel opens with the return of the shell-shocked Captain Chris Baldry from the trenches of the First World War, and grapples with the devastation of mental trauma from that war and its effects on families. Recounted from the perspective of his cousin Jenny, the story examines the relationship between Chris and the three women in his life.

In 1916, Chris returns home from a French hospital to his country estate just outside London. The nature of his injuries at the front has caused him to suffer from amnesia. Awaiting him at home are his devoted wife, whom he does not remember, and his cousin, Jenny, whom he remembers only as a childhood friend. For Chris, the last 15 years have not happened and he believes himself still in love with a woman named Margaret, the poor innkeeper's daughter he courted many years before.

Il Novecento è appena iniziato. Il marito, gran scialacquatore, è sparito e Claire rimette in sesto la situazione economica. Le Aubrey sono ormai giovani donne: le gemelle Mary e Rose studiano musica al conservatorio, Cordelia, la sorella maggiore, corona i suoi progetti matrimoniali, e la cugina Rosamund, sempre più affascinante, si prende cura dei pazienti in ospedale. Gli amori e le perdite che accompagnano il passaggio all’età adulta saranno resi ancora più intensi dallo scoppio della Prima guerra mondiale, che sconvolgerà profondamente la famiglia.

Gli Aubrey sono una famiglia fuori dal comune, nella Londra di fine Ottocento. Nelle stanze della loro casa coloniale, tra musica, politica, sogni realizzati e sogni infranti, le preoccupazioni finanziarie sono all'ordine del giorno. Eppure, in quelle stanze aleggia un grande spirito, una strana allegria e l'umorismo pungente di una famiglia unita e indimenticabile. Primo capitolo di un grande capolavoro da riscoprire.

In this lyrical and poignant story of a wounded man and the three concerned women who seek to heal him, Rebecca West explores the complexity of the mind and its subtle strategies for coping with life's painful realities. Only when Chris has the courage to face one pivotal moment of truth in his married life will he be able to awaken from his boyish fantasy and become, indeed, "every inch a soldier".

Chris' "shell shock" blocks out fifteen years of his life as he returns home to his wife, only to remember and revisit Margaret, the earlier love of his life. The plot of this book takes place during World War I, but the consequences of battle are just as devastating today.