The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston

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The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston is a semi-autobiographical trilogy by Siegfried Sassoon that fictionalizes his experiences as a British officer and his growing disillusionment during World War I.

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instanceOf literary work
novel trilogy
semi-autobiographical work
author Siegfried Sassoon
basedOn Siegfried Sassoon’s wartime experiences
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts British Army officers
World War I
features autobiographical narrator
fictionalizes Siegfried Sassoon’s experiences as a British officer
focusesOn front-line service in World War I
growing opposition to the continuation of the war
pre-war rural and sporting life
genre World War I literature
autobiographical fiction
war novel
hasFictionalAlterEgoOf Siegfried Sassoon
hasLiteraryForm prose narrative
hasPart Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer
Sherston’s Progress
hasSubject conscientious objection and protest against war
friendship among soldiers
loss of innocence
trauma and shell shock
language English
literaryMovement World War I poetry
surface form: World War I literature movement
literarySignificance major work of British World War I prose
mainCharacter George Sherston trilogy
surface form: George Sherston
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor detailed depiction of trench warfare
ironic and reflective tone
portrays British upper-middle-class milieu
military training and combat
moral and political doubts about war
protagonistBasedOn Siegfried Sassoon
publisherOfCollectedEdition Faber and Faber
relatedWork Siegfried Sassoon’s war poetry
settingPeriod World War I era
early 20th century
theme class and social background in early 20th-century Britain
disillusionment with war
psychological impact of war

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Siegfried Sassoon notableWork The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston