ABSTRACT

Given the popular and scholarly interest in the First World War it is surprising how little contemporary literary work is available. This five-volume reset edition aims to redress this balance, making available an extensive collection of newly-edited short stories, novels and plays from 1914–19.

part 1|3 pages

Florence Barclay

chapter 1|17 pages

My Heart’s Right There 1

chapter 2|4 pages

In Hoc Vince 1

part 2|3 pages

Flora Annie Steel

part 3|4 pages

Sunrise

part 4|5 pages

Berta Ruck

chapter 3|5 pages

The Shirker

chapter 4|7 pages

The Purple of the Shoulder Strap

part 5|2 pages

Arthur Machen

part 6|4 pages

The Soldier’s Rest

part 7|2 pages

Richard Bird

part 8|13 pages

A Schoolboy Ranker. A Story of a Dipcote Boy Who Saved a French Battalion from Destruction

part 9|4 pages

Evelyn Sharp

chapter 5|3 pages

Frightfulness

chapter 6|3 pages

The Apple Tree

chapter 7|3 pages

The Patriot’s Day

part 10|3 pages

Ford Madox Ford

part 11|4 pages

Fun‡ – It’s Heaven

part 12|4 pages

Frank Richards

part 13|52 pages

Coker’S Conscript!

part 14|3 pages

Stacy Aumonier

part 15|9 pages

The Match: Today and Yesterday

part 16|4 pages

Jessie Pope

chapter 8|8 pages

Cornstalks

chapter 9|8 pages

The Allotment Bride

part 17|2 pages

Gilbert Frankau

part 18|7 pages

A Rag-Time 1 Hero

part 19|3 pages

IAN Hay

part 20|6 pages

Full Chorus

part 21|4 pages

John Galsworthy

chapter 10|11 pages

Defeat

chapter 11|16 pages

The Juryman

chapter 12|13 pages

The Bright Side

part 22|4 pages

Herbert Read

part 23|6 pages

Killed In Action

part 24|3 pages

Richard Aldington

part 25|7 pages

Deserter

part 26|3 pages

Frank Harris

part 27|5 pages

The Last Kindness