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9%OFFR. C. Sherriff - Journey´s End - 9780141183268 - V9780141183268
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Journey´s End

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Description for Journey´s End Paperback. Set in the First World War, this book concerns a group of British officers on the front line and opens in a dugout in the trenches in France. Raleigh, a new eighteen-year-old officer fresh out of English public school, joins the besieged company of his friend and cricketing hero Stanhope, and finds him dramatically changed. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 80.

Hailed by George Bernard Shaw as 'useful [corrective] to the romantic conception of war', R.C. Sherriff's Journey's End is an unflinching vision of life in the trenches towards the end of the First World War, published in Penguin Classics.

Set in the First World War, Journey's End concerns a group of British officers on the front line and opens in a dugout in the trenches in France. Raleigh, a new eighteen-year-old officer fresh out of English public school, joins the besieged company of his friend and cricketing hero Stanhope, and finds him dramatically changed. Laurence Olivier starred as Stanhope ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141183268
SKU
V9780141183268
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About R. C. Sherriff
R.C. Sherriff (1896-1975) served as a captain in the East Surrey regiment during the First World War and subsequently tried his hand at writing. Following rejection by many theatre managements, Journey's End was given a single performance by the Incorporated Stage Society, in which Lawrence Olivier took the lead role. The play's enormous success enabled Sherriff to become a full-time ... Read more

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