context1: Main Street of Oakland consists mainly of historic two to four <strong>story</strong> buildings that house the main shopping in the area, such as a theatre, museum, <strong>book</strong> store, a local pharmacy, antique shops, clothing stores and banks. Many of the homes and businesses in the downtown area are examples of Victorian architecture. Much of the central section of Oakland is part of the Oakland Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
context2: It is a frequently humorous work, in which fox-hunting, which had been one of Sassoon's major interests, comes to represent the young man's innocent frame of mind in the years before war broke out. The <strong>book</strong> ends with his enlistment in a local regiment. The <strong>story</strong> is continued in two sequels: Memoirs of an Infantry Officer and Sherston's Progress.