The Penguin book of First World War stories

Korte, Barbara, 1957- (Added Author). Einhaus, Ann-Marie. (Added Author).

Summary: From the Publisher: An illuminating anthology of World War I fiction by some of England's best-known writers. This new collection of short stories about World War I features works by such famous British authors as Joseph Conrad, W. Somerset Maugham, Arthur Conan Doyle, John Buchan, Rudyard Kipling, D. H. Lawrence, John Galsworthy, Radclyffe Hall, Katherine Mansfield, Robert Graves, Muriel Spark, and Julian Barnes. Written during the war and after, these stories illustrate the impact of the Great War on British society and culture, as well as the many ways in which short fiction contributed to the literature of that time period.

Item details

ISBN: 9780141442150 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0141442158 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xx, 401 p. : maps ; 20 cm.
Publisher: London ; New York : Penguin Books, 2007.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-390).

Formatted Contents Note:

Bowmen / Arthur Machen -- Sapper / Herman Cyril McNeile -- Private Meyrick - Company Idiot / Herman Cyril McNeile -- A trade report only / C. E. Montague -- Victory / Richard Aldington -- Heroes / Anne Perry -- Blind / Mary Borden -- An indiscreet journey / Katherine Mansfield -- Tale / Joseph Conrad -- Chanson Triste / A. W. Wells -- His last bow / Arthur Conan Doyle -- Giulia Lazzari / W. Somerset Maugham -- Loathly opposite / John Buchan -- Mary Postgate / Rudyard Kipling -- Them others / Stacy Aumonier -- Told by the schoolmaster / John Galsworthy -- Tickets, please / D. H. Lawrence -- Miss Ogilvy finds herself / Radclyffe Hall -- Nobody / Hugh Walpole -- Once a hero / Harold Brighouse -- The fly / Katherine Mansfield -- Casualty list / Winifred Holtby -- Christmas truce / Robert Graves -- First year of my life / Muriel Spark -- Company / Robert Grossmith -- Evermore / Julian Barnes -- Maps -- Places of the Western Front -- Glossary -- Military Abbreviations -- Notes -- Biographies -- Acknowledgements.