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ISbN 978-0-14-310687-6 $16.00 ($17.00 CAN)
Literature 5 1 /16 x 7 3 /4 304 pp.
Rights: W00 A Penguin Classics Original
On sale: 2/26/2013
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“ [Death of a Hero] takes its place among the
half dozen superb stories of the war.”
—The Nation
Also AvAilABle FRoM Penguin ClAssiCs:
Paths of Glory by Humphrey Cobb 978-0-14-310611-1 $15.00
One of the great World War I
antiwar novels—honest, chilling,
and brilliantly satirical
Death of a Hero
Richard Aldington
Introduction by James H. Meredith
Based on the author’s experiences on the Western Front, Richard
Aldington’s first novel, Death of a Hero, finally joins the ranks of
Penguin Classics. Our hero is George Winterbourne, who enlists
in the British Expeditionary Army during the Great War and gets
sent to France. After a rash of casualties leads to his promotion
through the ranks, he grows increasingly cynical about the war
and disillusioned by the hypocrisies of British society. Aldington’s
writing about Britian’s ignorance of the tribulations of its soldiers
is among the most biting ever published. Death of a Hero vividly
evokes the morally degrading nature of combat as it rushes toward
the its astounding finish.
n First time in Penguin Classics
n July 2014 marks the centennial of the start of World War I
n Features an introduction by war literature scholar James H. Meredith
RiChARd Aldington (1892–1962) was known as a
translator, critic, and poet of distinction. He joined the British Army in
1916 and was wounded in 1918.
JAMes h. MeRedith, a retired United States Air Force
lieutenant colonel, is the introducer of the Penguin Classics editions of
Paths of Glory by Humphrey Cobb and Bombs Away by John Steinbeck.
Penguin Readers guide available online at penguin.com
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