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No Man's Land (Unabridged)
Historical Novel - World War IBy H. C. McNeile, SapperLength8h 18m
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Herman Cyril McNeile (1888-1937) commonly known as H. C. McNeile or Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. McNeile's stories are either directly about the war, or contain people whose lives have been shaped by it. His war stories were considered by contemporary audiences as anti-sentimental, realistic depictions of the trenches, and as a "celebration of the qualities of the Old Contemptibles".
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"It was from the top of the Rock that they watched their evil-smelling boat depart, to plug on northward up the home trail, unperturbed by naval battles or rumours thereof. And it was from the top of the Rock they first saw the smoke of the P. and O., outward bound, on which they were destined to complete the journey. Below lay the bay, dotted with German and Austrian ships caught on the high seas at the outbreak of war; a destroyer was going half-speed towards the Atlantic; a cruiser lay in dock, her funnels smoking placidly. "So long." The gunner subaltern waved a weary hand from his point of vantage, where he was inspecting life with a telescope. "There's your barge, but she won't leave till to-morrow. If this goes on for much longer, my nerves will give way under the strain. The excitement is too great."
Audiobook details
GenreAction and Adventure, Literary Classics
Length8 hrs 18 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 23, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE
18III THE MAN-TRAP
2PART I THE WAY TO THE LAND
19IV A POINT OF DETAIL
3I
20V MY LADY OF THE JASMINE
4II
21VI MORPHIA
5III
22VII BENDIGO JONES—HIS TREE
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6IV
23VIII THE SONG OF THE BAYONET
7V
24PART III SEED TIME
8VI
25I THE SEED
9VII
26II THE FIRST LESSON
10VIII
27III AN IMPERSONAL DEMONSTRATION
11IX
28IV SOMEWHAT MORE PERSONAL
12X
29V A PROJECT AND SOME SIDE-ISSUES
13XI
30VI THE SECOND LESSON, AND SOME FURTHER SIDE-ISSUES
14XII
31VII THE THIRD LESSON, AND A DIGRESSION
15PART II THE LAND
32VIII THE THIRD LESSON IS LEARNED
16I A DAY OF PEACE
33IX "AND OTHER FELL ON GOOD GROUND"
17II OVER THE TOP
34PART IV: HARVEST