| Title | : | A Shropshire Lad |
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| Author | : | A. E. Housman |
| Release | : | 2011-06-01 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | Fiction |
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| 1 | A Shropshire Lad | A. E. Housman |
| In A Shropshire Lad, A.E. Housman recreates a nostalgic world of lost love, lost youth, thwarted friendships, unfaithful girls, male bonding, untimely death and the uncertain glories of being a soldier. The poems deal with the exuberance of youth – its aspirations and disappointments, its naïve certainties and tragic mistakes. Though written in 1895, it struck a chord with the generation of young men who fought in World War I. It was said that every ‘Tommy’ had a copy in his knapsack. It has never been out of print. |
