A striking deep red coloured two-in-one Pocket Book featuring verses from a pair of the most renowned war poets, Wilfred Owen and Rupert Brooke. Open from one cover and read to the centre-fold, then flip the book over and read from the other cover (although in this edition there is more from Owen than Brooke)
Despite dying early in the conflict (1915), Brooke saw action in Antwerp which was sufficiently shocking to inspire five sonnets; including The Dead and The Soldier which are in this little book.
Owen survived until 1918 and wrote with vivid imagery about the futility and waste of war; printed in his (slightly more than) half of this volume are nine poems, including Anthem for Doomed Youth and Dulce et Decorum est. These poems were first published in book form by Chatto & Windus and edited by Siegfried Sassoon in 1920.
Wilfred Owen/Rupert Brooke
Publication Essentials
Pocket-sized at 13 x 9.5cm (5 x 3.5" in old money) and comprising 16 pages with a firm card cover. This little volume is just one in the series of Carr's Pocket Books; they hover between a greeting and a present and make a lasting alternative to a birthday card. In cold bedrooms, only one hand need suffer exposure. A distinguished novelist recommends them for reading in the bath and an ambassador claims they can be palmed from the cuff during tedious speeches or profitless sermons.Delivery Information
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Reviews
Thank you so much for sending the books so promptly, I am thrilled with them, particularly the biography. I shall be sending another small order soon. I thought I had all of J L Carr's books, but at least one is missing from the shelf and will have to be replaced. I think A Month in the Country is probably my favourite book of all time. It has just dawned on me what a great small gift it would make for people that I am fond of - I shall buy one to have in hand.