The Hero

An early novel by the British author W. Somerset Maugham, "The Hero" (1901) follows a soldier returning from the war in South Africa to his devoted parents, who hope he will restore the family name his disgraced father lost in the army.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic romance and society novels›British and Irish novels from 1901›War and the home front

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Bibliophiles›Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic romance and society novels›British and Irish novels from 1901›War and the home front