Classic Stories of World War I
Guerre (romans), Première Guerre mondiale
Audio avec voix de synthèse, Braille automatisé
Résumé
Not a soul in sight except the sentinels guarding the railways, muffled to the eyes, or peering out of their pine-boughs at the cross roads."Edith Wharton, Coming HomePublished to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of The Great War,… Classic Stories of World War I brings together the works of world-class authors, such as Joseph Conrad and W. Somerset Maugham, who lived through the conflict.From the home front to the western front, in the trenches or behind enemy lines, on land or at sea, this collection is a unique insight into the "war to end war."Contents include:JOSEPH CONRAD, The TaleW. SOMERSET MAUGHAM, The Traitor (from Ashenden)ERNEST HEMINGWAY, In Another Country (from Men Without Women)EDITH WHARTON, Coming HomeSTACY AUMONIER, Them OthersJOHN W. THOMASON, JR, War DogGEORGES DUHAMEL, Réchoussat's Christmas (from Civilisation)H. M. THOMLINSON, Armistice (from Waiting for Daylight)C. E. MONTAGUE, Honours Easy (from Fiery Particles)RICHARD ALDINGTON, Introduction to the Trenches (from Death of a Hero)JOHN GALSWORTHY, Defeat (from Six Short Plays)PAUL ALVERDES, The Man in the Next Bed (from The Next Man)LEO V. JACKS, One Hundred Per CentKARL WILKE, Marie-LuiseH. M. Tomlinson, A Raid Night (from Waiting for Daylight)JAMES WARNER BELLAH, FearJAMES B. WHARTON, Among the TrumpetsW. TOWNEND, No QuarterW. F. MORRIS, SouvenirsARED WHITE, The Watch on the Rhine