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First World War Centenary Prose Collection Vol. III

First World War Centenary Prose Collection Vol. III

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Number of Chapters: 32

Length: 10 hours and 33 minutes

Language: Multilingual

This collection of non-fiction and fiction pieces is the third volume commemorating the First World War. The majority of the items, all chosen by the readers, are in English, but the collection also includes pieces in Dutch, French, German, Italian and Portuguese.

Please note that some works are still protected by copyright in countries which observe copyright laws based on the author's date of death.

Most items were written during or shortly after the war, but one or two have been included for their relevance in other ways. For more information about each piece, please see this document (PDF format), which also shows the authors' dates of death. (Summary by Ruth Golding)

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A Diary Without Dates by Enid Bagnold, ''The Boys'', part 1 (Maria Kasper)
A Diary Without Dates by Enid Bagnold, ''The Boys'', part 2 (Maria Kasper)
Lettere di Giulio Cozzi in Lettere e testimonianze dei ferrovieri caduti per la patria (BeniaminoMassimo)
Women Wanted by Mabel Potter Daggett, Ch 4 ''Women Who Wear War Jewelry'' (BettyB)
The Care of the Dead by Anonymous (Mary in Arkansas)
Extract from Gallipoli by John Masefield (Barbara Baker)
''I Am Not Dead'' from Experiences of the Great War by Ashby Williams (Winston Tharp)
Birds and the War by Hugh S Gladstone, Chapter 7, ''Effects of Air-Raids and Aircraft on Birds'' (Colleen McMahon)
Celebrated Spies and Famous Mysteries of the Great War by George Barton, Ch 8 ''The Mystery of the Turkish Beauty'' (BettyB)
Celebrated Spies and Famous Mysteries of the Great War by George Barton, Ch 9 ''The Romantic Life of the Dutch-Javanese Dancer Who was Shot as a Spy'' (BettyB)
Catastrophe and Social Change by Samuel Henry Prince, Chapter 1, ''Catastrophe and Social Disintegration'' (Mary in Arkansas)
Victory Boys & Girls by the United War Work Campaign (BettyB)
''Soldiers, Sailors, and Books'' by the American Library Association, (War Service Committee), part 1 (Maria Kasper)
''Soldiers, Sailors, and Books'' by the American Library Association, (War Service Committee), part 2 (Maria Kasper)
Waiting for Daylight by H. M. Tomlinson, Sec XIV, ''Authors and Soldiers'' (Mary in Arkansas)
French Literature of the Great War by Albert Schinz, Chapter 1, ''Poetry of the War'' (Sonia)
''Russia in Literature'' by British Men of Letters, 23 December 1914 (Availle)
''Nos amis d'Amérique'', in Quelques aspects du vertige mondial by Pierre Loti (BeniaminoMassimo)
Little Rays of Moonshine by A. P. Herbert, ''Five Inches'' (Mary in Arkansas)
Open Letter to President Wilson by George Bernard Shaw (Peter Tucker)
Wir Toten auf Urlaub by Kurt Eisner (Ricarda)
Kurze Aufklärungen über Wesen und Ziel des Pazifismus by Alfred H. Fried, Vorwort und Kapitel 1, ''Ewiger Friede'' (schrm)
''De wapenstilstand geteekend'' from Nieuwe Amsterdamsche Courant, Algemeen Handelsblad, 11 Nov. 1918 (Foon)
''The Victory'' from A Politica, 15 Novembro 1918 (Leni)
''Program for World Peace; The Fourteen Points'' by Woodrow Wilson, 8 January 1918 (Colleen McMahon)
''Militant Pacifism'' by Mary Whiton Calkins (schrm)
''Internationalism'' from War, Peace, and the Future by Ellen Key (Michael MacTaggert)
''Nationalism and Patriotism'' from War, Peace, and the Future by Ellen Key (Michael MacTaggert)
''America's Purpose; International Justice and World Peace'' by Woodrow Wilson, New York, 27 September 1918 (Colleen McMahon)
Introduction to The Book of the Homeless by Theodore Roosevelt (Michael MacTaggert)
''Probleme der Friedenswirtschaft'' from Gesammelte Schriften, Band 5 by Walther Rathenau (Ricarda)
''Shall We End War?'' by Harry Emerson Fosdick, 5 June 1921 (Maria Kasper)
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