Three Soldiers

by John Dos Passos · 1921

Three American soldiers are ground down by the machinery of army life in the First World War.

Books mentioned in Three Soldiers (4)

• Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand: “Seen it twice sober and seven other times.” “Cyrano de Bergerac?” “That's it.”
• Iliad by Homer: “A phrase out of some translation of the Iliad came to his head: “Ambrosial night, Night ambrosial unending.””
• La Tentation de Saint Antoine by Gustave Flaubert: ““Have you ever read La Tentation de Saint Antoine?” he asked in a low voice.”
• A Shropshire Lad by A. E. Housman: “Verses from the “Shropshire Lad” jingled mockingly through his head.”