"Sonia Married" by Stephen McKenna is a tale set after World War I, focusing on Sonia and her husband, David O'Rane, as they and others deal with the complicated relationships caused by the war. Raymond Stornaway, having spent a year in an Austrian camp, returns to a changed England feeling lonely and out of place. He sees London full of soldiers and regular people, showing how much society is changing. Through his interactions with characters like George Oakleigh and seeing Sonia and O'Rane's life together, Stornaway's story shows the contrast between the past and present, the weight of war, and the difficulties of personal relationships in a world trying to find peace after chaos, mixing personal feelings with social observations as readers see drama unfold around love, loyalty, and the consequences of war.
Sonia Married
By Stephen McKenna
Amidst post-war chaos, a web of love, loyalty, and estrangement tangles the lives of a woman, her husband, and a returned soldier seeking normalcy in a transformed world.
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About the AuthorStephen McKenna was an English novelist who wrote forty-seven novels, mostly focusing on English upper-class society, and six non-fiction titles. He published his first novel, The Reluctant Lover, in 1912. His best-known novel, Sonia: Between Two Worlds, was published in 1917. It was the tenth best-selling novel for 1918 in the United States, and also made into a British film of the same name in 1921.
Stephen McKenna was an English novelist who wrote forty-seven novels, mostly focusing on English upper-class society, and six non-fiction titles. He published his first novel, The Reluctant Lover, in 1912. His best-known novel, Sonia: Between Two Worlds, was published in 1917. It was the tenth best-selling novel for 1918 in the United States, and also made into a British film of the same name in 1921.
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