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The Wasted Generation

Chapter 1: THE WASTED GENERATION
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A collection of short fiction and memoiristic sketches that moves between boarding-school and college comedy, domestic social scenes, and frank wartime reflection. The pieces juxtapose nostalgic coming-of-age episodes and satiric glimpses of habit with sober accounts of injury, convalescence, and the psychological toll of combat. Recurring concerns include camaraderie, duty, and the uneasy transition from youthful routines to altered postwar realities. Varied tones—playful, wistful, and somber—offer snapshots of characters and moments attempting to reconcile personal longing with broader social change.


THE WASTED GENERATION


By Owen Johnson


Lawrenceville Stories

The Prodigious Hickey
The Varmint
The Tennessee Shad


Stover at Yale
The Spirit of France
The Woman Gives
Virtuous Wives
The Wasted Generation
Making Money
The Sixty-first Second


THE
WASTED GENERATION

BY
OWEN JOHNSON

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1921


Copyright, 1921,
By Owen Johnson.

All rights reserved

Published September, 1921


TO
HUGH WALPOLE
IN FRIENDSHIP AND IN ADMIRATION