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About The Return of the Soldier
The Return of the Soldier is the debut novel of English novelist Rebecca West, first published in 1918. The novel recounts the return of the shell shocked Captain Chris Baldry from the trenches of the World War I from the perspective of his cousin Jenny. The novel grapples with the soldier's return from the war with mental trauma and its effects on the family, as well as the light it sheds on their fraught relationships.
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