The protagonist of this work stays overnight at Thomas Hardy's house during
The protagonist of this work stays overnight at Thomas Hardy's house during a bicycling trip and gives Hardy advice on dealing with autograph seekers. Its protagonist recalls how the daughter of his headmaster tried to find out what male genitals looked like by staring down his shirtfront, and explains his claim that romance at preparatory school is "necessarily homosexual" by describing his escapades with his pseudonymous friend "Dick." The epilogue to this book makes the first mention of the protagonist's longstanding mistress, who accompanied him and his wife Nancy when he became an English teacher at the University of Cairo. Ending with a "Dedicatory Epilogue" to Laura Riding, this book describes its author's correspondence with Siegfried Sassoon, and relates how his lung was punctured during the Battle of the Somme. For 10 points, name this memoir that includes detailed descriptions of its author's service in the Royal Welch Fusiliers during World War I, written by Robert Graves.