George Sherston trilogy

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The George Sherston trilogy is a semi-autobiographical series of novels by Siegfried Sassoon that fictionalizes his experiences as a British officer during World War I.

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instanceOf novel
novel
novel
novel series
semi-autobiographical work
author Siegfried Sassoon
Siegfried Sassoon
Siegfried Sassoon
Siegfried Sassoon
awarded Hawthornden Prize
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
basedOn Siegfried Sassoon’s wartime experiences
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts British Army officers
Western Front
World War I
military service in World War I
trench warfare
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genre autobiographical novel
fiction
war novel
hasFictionalUniverse George Sherston universe
hasPart Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer
Sherston’s Progress
influencedBy Siegfried Sassoon’s war poetry
language English
literaryMovement World War I literature
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narrativePerspective first-person narrative
notableFor blend of autobiography and fiction
realistic portrayal of trench warfare
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protagonistBasedOn Siegfried Sassoon
publicationYear 1928
1930
1936
publisher Faber and Faber
settingPeriod pre-World War I England
subject class and society in early 20th-century Britain
pacifism
psychological effects of war
timePeriodDepicted World War I era
early 20th century

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