The Penguin book of First World War stories

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The Penguin book of First World War stories

edited and introduced by Barbara Korte ; assistant editor, Ann-Marie Einhaus

(Penguin classics, . Penguin literature)

Penguin, 2007

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"This collection first published in Penguin classics 2007"--T.p. verso

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An anthology of Great War short stories by British writers, both famous and lesser-known authors, men and women, during the war and after its end. These stories are able to illustrate the impact of the Great War on British society and culture and the many modes in which short fiction contributed to the war's literature. The selection covers different periods: the war years themselves, the famous boom years of the late 1920s to the more recent past in which the First World War has received new cultural interest.

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The Penguin Book of First World War StoriesIntroduction Further Reading A Note on the Texts 1. Front Arthur Machen, 'The Bowmen' 'Sapper' (Herman Cyril McNeile), 'Private Meyrick Company Idiot' C. E. Montague, 'A Trade Report Only' Richard Aldington, 'Victory' Anne Perry, 'Heroes' Mary Borden, 'Blind' Katherine Mansfield, 'An Indiscreet Journey' Joseph Conrad, 'The Tale' A. W. Wells, 'Chanson Triste' 2. Spies and Intelligence Arthur Conan Doyle, 'His Last Bow' W. Somerset Maugham, 'Giulia Lazzari' John Buchan, 'The Loathly Opposite' 3. At Home Rudyard Kipling, 'Mary Postgate' Stacy Aumonier, 'Them Others' John Galsworthy, 'Told by the Schoolmaster' D. H. Lawrence, 'Tickets, Please' Radclyffe Hall, 'Miss Ogilvy Finds Herself' Hugh Walpole, 'Nobody' 4. In Retrospect Harold Brighouse, 'Once a Hero' Katherine Mansfield, 'The Fly' Winifred Holtby, 'The Casualty List' Robert Graves, 'Christmas Truce' Muriel Spark, 'The First Year of My Life' Robert Grossmith, 'Company' Julian Barnes, 'Evermore' Maps Places of the Western Front Glossary Military Abbreviations Notes Biographies Acknowledgements

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