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Good-Bye to All That: An Autobiography Paperback – Large Print, February 1, 1958

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In this autobiography, first published in 1929, poet Robert Graves traces the monumental and universal loss of innocence that occurred as a result of the First World War. Written after the war and as he was leaving his birthplace, he thought, forever, Good-Bye to All That bids farewell not only to England and his English family and friends, but also to a way of life. Tracing his upbringing from his solidly middle-class Victorian childhood through his entry into the war at age twenty-one as a patriotic captain in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, this dramatic, poignant, often wry autobiography goes on to depict the horrors and disillusionment of the Great War, from life in the trenches and the loss of dear friends, to the stupidity of government bureaucracy and the absurdity of English class stratification. Paul Fussell has hailed it as ""the best memoir of the First World War"" and has written the introduction to this new edition that marks the eightieth anniversary of the end of the war. An enormous success when it was first issued, it continues to find new readers in the thousands each year and has earned its designation as a true classic.

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The quintessential memoir of the generation of Englishmen who suffered in World War I is among the bitterest autobiographies ever written. Robert Graves's stripped-to-the-bone prose seethes with contempt for his class, his country, his military superiors, and the civilians who mindlessly cheered the carnage from the safety of home. His portrait of the stupidity and petty cruelties endemic in England's elite schools is almost as scathing as his depiction of trench warfare. Nothing could equal Graves's bone-chilling litany of meaningless death, horrific encounters with gruesomely decaying corpses, and even more appalling confrontations with the callousness and arrogance of the military command. Yet this scarifying book is consistently enthralling. Graves is a superb storyteller, and there's clearly something liberating about burning all your bridges at 34 (his age when Good-Bye to All That was first published in 1929). He conveys that feeling of exhilaration to his readers in a pell-mell rush of words that remains supremely lucid. Better known as a poet, historical novelist, and critic, Graves in this one work seems more like an English Hemingway, paring his prose to the minimum and eschewing all editorializing because it would bring him down to the level of the phrase- and war-mongers he despises. --Wendy Smith

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Autobiography by Robert Graves, published in 1929 and revised in 1957. It is considered a classic of the disillusioned postwar generation. Divided into anecdotal scenes and satiric episodes, Good-Bye to All That is infused with a dark humor. It chronicles the author's experiences as a student at Charterhouse School in London and as a teenaged soldier in France during World War I, where he sustained severe wounds in combat. His memoir continues after the war with descriptions of his life in Wales, at Oxford University, and in Egypt. -- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage; 2nd Revised edition (February 1, 1958)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 347 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0385093306
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0385093309
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.19 x 0.9 x 7.9 inches
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ROBERT GRAVES (1895-1985) was an English poet, translator, and novelist, one of the leading English men of letters in the twentieth century. He fought in World War I and won international acclaim in 1929 with the publication of his memoir of the First World War, Good-bye to All That. After the war, he was granted a classical scholarship at Oxford and subsequently went to Egypt as the first professor of English at the University of Cairo. He is most noted for his series of novels about the Roman emperor Claudius and his works on mythology, such as The White Goddess.

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Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2007
This account by Robert Graves is one of the better personal journals I have read concerning the Great War. The very fact that Graves is in almost at the beginning of the conflict / situation of Trench warfare make this a very valuable work. Because he is an accomplished writer, it flows and reads very well. There are no sections of the book that lag. You will absolutely gain some insight to the way that the officers and men behaved and especially appreciate his commentary on French citizens caught in the middle of the conflict, individual soldiers that have some sembelance of a brain versus the moronic mass, and how much stupidity there is in military conduct based on previous experiences in war, not realizing that this was a new and different sort of conflict, yet trying to constantly apply outdated and dangerous methods in attack. One such crazy result of it is that officers had a high casualty rate. Why? Well, you could always identify them in the field of battle. They were the guys carrying a pistol and swagger stick versus a rifle. Easy pickings to say the least and you would think they would learn and make adjustments accordingly but tragically the practice continued. Anyway, a great book. Well worth your time and small investment to a window on another era by a first hand witness.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2024
Robert Graves wrote a number of excellent books including’Lawrence and the Arabs’. he knew Lawrence and had him review parts of the book. His experience in the First World War was his first book. After this he wrote several historical novels.
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2009
There's not a lot I can add to what other reviewers have already said about Graves's memoir, so I'll dispense with a summary and say briefly what I liked and did not like about it. Take it or leave it.

First of all, Graves knows how to write--this memoir is just as entertaining and fun to read as any of his novels. His literacy and narrative ability immediately set him apart from many of the other World War I memoirists--whose books are often clunky and poorly written--as do his wit and his eye for the significant detail. The book is very funny in many places and deeply moving in others. His descriptions of trench life are suitably depressing, as are his tales of the randomness of World War I violence and even the suicidal tendencies of some of the soldiers.

The only things I disliked about Good-bye to All That were Graves's obvious bitterness and the lackluster final third. Graves, of course, is entitled to be bitter about the war--it was a terrible experience for thousands of people--but his view of the war as expressed here is imbalanced. His narrative is significantly skewed and rather self-pitying in places. Also, the strength of his narrative peters out near the end, when he spends some time teaching in Cairo. The last few chapters read more like notable miscellany than a coherent memoir.

Those two misgivings aside, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Not only was it a good memoir, it was a remarkably good source (I read this for a graduate seminar in World War I) for the attitudes and ideals of the "sensitive artistic types" following World War I. If you're interested in comparing this memoir with a vastly different perspective, I recommend reading it along with Ernst Jünger's Storm of Steel.

Recommended.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2010
Robert Graves is probably best known to American readers as the author of I Claudius and the translator of many classics including Suetonius' Lives of The Caesars. Here he writes of his experience growing up in the early 20th century in England, his time in the trenches of WWI and his life post-war as a writer.
Graves begins by sharing the time he spent in the Engish public school system and the cruelty he experienced there. He enlists in the army to get away from it all and finds much of the same social conventions that he despised replicated in the service. His descriptions of life in the trenches of France is gut wrenching. He is severely wounded and returns to England.
Post War Graves writes of his time at Oxford and his friendship with TE Lawrence (of Arabia)and other notable writers of his generation. I found this part of the book incredibly interesting. Graves and his wife embark on a bicycle trip and stop to visit Thomas Hardy. He and Hardy discuss poetry and literary criticsm.

Folowing that there is a fascinating period that he spends in Egypt teaching.

As a memoir and autobiography this is first rate. In the end the title refers to England itself. Graves left to live out his life in Spain.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2021
Robert Grave's, "Good-bye to All That," along with Remarque's, "All Quiet on the Western Front," is essential reading for anyone studying WWI. Additionally, if you're a fan of Graves and his "Claudius" books, you'll probably enjoy this book, as you'll learn so much about Graves as well as his friends and acquaintances, Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, TE Lawrence, Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, et al.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2019
If your a student of World War 1, I highly recommend this book. Plus it’s an autobiography of his life. I had never heard of Graves until I read about him in another book on Ww1. He was also a friend of T E Lawrence, whom asked him to write his biography. I highly recommend that book as well if your interested. His writing style is easy to read. I am not a big poetry reader but he was a poet and short story writer. He was from what I know now a prolix writer all his life. He ended up very dissolutions by the war, the British class system and the waste of human life life by incompetent British commanders during the war. He was criticized by those same individuals. In my studies of the war I believe he was spot on.
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Elizabeth M.
5.0 out of 5 stars A timeless book Poignant reminder of the lost lives in World War1
Reviewed in Canada on March 6, 2024
Not only is this book a definitive work in the annals of literature the edition is a beautiful work. Print, paper cover book mark all make the book outstanding The text has chronology introduction index ; everything to make it a book worth buying . It’s a beautiful text
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5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable
Reviewed in Spain on December 8, 2015
Este libro es indispensable para entender la la vida del maestro Robert Graves. Recomiendo su lectura a todos aquéllos que estén interesados en el autor.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Persevere!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 21, 2014
I should have read this classic at school but left it much later to read. Young Graves seems really unlikeable and I wanted to give up reading the section about his childhood. I persevered and his description of life and death in the trenches was worth it. I quite forgave him for being such a shallow youngster and ended up admiring him for his conduct during WW1. Shame that the final section of the book confirmed my original view of him. For a real insight into the horrors of war this takes some beating.
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Christophe Bourdès
5.0 out of 5 stars Good-Bye to All That
Reviewed in France on July 24, 2013
Un ouvrage fascinant que j'ai acheté d'occasion mais qui s'est révélé être dans un état quasi-neuf. Une très agréable surprise !
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5.0 out of 5 stars Still good after 100 years
Reviewed in Canada on September 30, 2023
A fine read about an English scholar, poet and writer, being transformed into an infantry officer in WW1. I read it when I was in my twenties and I read it again in my seventies, and enjoyed it both times. Compare and contrast with Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger. Robert Graves was transformed from a young scholar into a competent officer, Junger is a warrior who found his war. The book has a happy ending too, when he leaves England for Majorca to write poetry and raise children. Highly recommended if you are interested in the Great War or fine writing.
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Reviewed in Canada on September 30, 2023
A fine read about an English scholar, poet and writer, being transformed into an infantry officer in WW1. I read it when I was in my twenties and I read it again in my seventies, and enjoyed it both times. Compare and contrast with Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger. Robert Graves was transformed from a young scholar into a competent officer, Junger is a warrior who found his war. The book has a happy ending too, when he leaves England for Majorca to write poetry and raise children. Highly recommended if you are interested in the Great War or fine writing.
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