Over There: War Scenes on the Western Front (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. World War I Reportage from France and Belgium: Ruins, Armies, Hospitals, and Civilian CourageBy Arnold Bennett
Length3h 59m
About this audiobook
Arnold Bennett's Over There: War Scenes on the Western Front is a vivid work of wartime observation, blending travel narrative, journalism, and patriotic essay. Written during the First World War, it records impressions of the Allied front in France and Belgium: ruined towns, disciplined armies, hospitals, supply lines, and the strained courage of civilians and soldiers. Bennett's prose is characteristically lucid, economical, and attentive to material detail, yet it also bears the moral urgency of contemporary war writing, standing between documentary reportage and literary witness. Bennett, best known for his Five Towns novels and his shrewd studies of middle-class life, brought to the war a novelist's eye for systems, habits, and surfaces. His background as a journalist and public intellectual made him especially suited to interpret the conflict for readers at home. Though not a combatant, he wrote with the conviction of a civilian observer seeking to understand industrialized war and to affirm the resilience of Allied society. This book is recommended to readers interested in First World War literature, early twentieth-century journalism, and the cultural history of wartime Britain. It offers not trench memoir but a disciplined, humane, and historically revealing view of the Western Front.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes.
- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length3 hrs 59 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 10, 2013
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
8IV At Grips
2Introduction
9V The British Lines
3Synopsis
10VI The Unique City
4Historical Context
11Analysis
5I The Zone Of Paris
12Reflection
Show all chaptersShow less
6II On The French Front
13Memorable Quotes
7III Ruins
The Clayhanger Trilogy (Consisting of Clayhanger + Hilda Lessways + These Twain) (Annotated)Arnold Bennett51h 28m$2 · $0.00
Arnold Bennett: Essays, Personal Development Books, Autobiographical Works & Articles (Annotated)Arnold Bennett57h 50m$2 · $0.00
The Five Towns Series (Annotated)Arnold Bennett136h 18m$3 · $0.00
Mental Efficiency And Other Hints to Men and Women (Annotated)Arnold Bennett3h 11m$2 · $0.00
ARNOLD BENNETT Ultimate Collection (Annotated)Arnold Bennett361h 11m$2 · $0.00
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day & The Game of Life and How to Play It (Annotated)Arnold Bennett4h 31m$2 · $0.00
How to Become an Author (Annotated)Arnold Bennett4h 40m$2 · $0.00
The Roll-Call (Unabridged) (Annotated)Arnold Bennett14h 7m$2 · $0.00
These Twain (Unabridged) (Annotated)Arnold Bennett18h 6m$2 · $0.00
THE FEAST OF ST. FRIEND - Study on the Meaning of Christmas & Holiday Spirit (Annotated)Arnold Bennett2h 10m$2 · $0.00
The Old Wives' Tale (Annotated)Arnold Bennett25h 52m$2 · $0.00
Anna of the Five Towns (Annotated)Arnold Bennett9h 24m$2 · $0.00
How to Live (Annotated)Arnold Bennett6h 7m$2 · $0.00
The Elusive Craft of Writing (Annotated)Arnold Bennett9h 17m$2 · $0.00
How to Become a Writer (Annotated)Arnold Bennett9h 16m$2 · $0.00
Hilda Lessways (Annotated)Arnold Bennett13h 4m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Clayhanger Family Novels (Clayhanger + Hilda Lessways + These Twain + The Roll Call) (Annotated)Arnold Bennett64h 34m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Short Stories of Arnold Bennett (Annotated)Arnold Bennett40h 51m$2 · $0.00
Mental Efficiency, and Other Hints to Men and WomenArnold Bennett1h 24m$2 · $0.00
The Lion's ShareArnold Bennett11h 25m$2 · $0.00
The Two Swords of ChristRaymond Ibrahim15h 55m$30
Black AF HistoryMichael Harriot15h 43m5.0 (1)$33 · $0.00
The Gulag Archipelago Volume 3Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn21h 56m$46 · $0.00
The Redeemer’s ReturnArthur W. Pink13h 18m$20
The Happiest Man on EarthEddie Jaku3h 48m$7 · $0.00
MotherlandJulia Ioffe17h 52m$40 · $0.00
Where Cowards Go to DieBenjamin Sledge8h 42m$20 · $0.00
Frederick Douglass: All 3 Memoirs in One VolumeFrederick Douglass44h 9m$2 · $0.00
The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America (Annotated)Howard Irving Chapelle, Tappan Adney13h 10m$2 · $0.00
I've Been to the MountaintopMartin Luther King48m5.0 (1)$11 · $0.00
RevolutionariesSanjeev Sanyal11h 23m$29 · $0.00
We Crossed a Bridge and It TrembledWendy Pearlman6h$24 · $0.00
Unbroken Bonds of BattleJohnny Joey Jones8h 31m$8 · $0.00
The Daughter of AuschwitzTova Friedman, Malcolm Brabant7h 54m$26 · $0.00
Lily's PromiseLily Ebert, Dov Forman8h 54m$29 · $0.00
Saving My EnemyBob Welch9h 11m$20
On Democracies and Death CultsDouglas Murray10h 38m$29 · $0.00
Across the RiverKent Babb11h 40m$29 · $0.00
Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir - Israel, Palestine and BeyondJohn Lyons12h 37m$33 · $0.00
The Fire Next TimeJames Baldwin2h 25m$15
You may also like
The Military Writings of Rudyard KiplingRudyard Kipling41h 56m$2 · $0.00
WarPierre Loti5h 31m$2 · $0.00
Operation ChastiseMax Hastings11h 49m$29 · $0.00
The War PoemsSiegfried Sassoon1h 6m$2.30
My Days and Nights on the Battle-FieldCharles Carleton Coffin6h 6m$2 · $0.00
With the GunsCecil J. C. Street4h 38m$2 · $0.00
"I was there" with the Yanks on the western front, 1917-1919Cyrus Leroy Baldridge, Hilmar R. Baukhage38m$1 · $0.00
An Onlooker in France 1917-1919Sir William Orpen3h 22m$2.30
Between the LinesBoyd Cable6h$2.30
A HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR - All 6 Volumes (Illustrated with Maps and Plans)Arthur Conan Doyle58h 16m$1 · $0.00
Death in the Afternoon (Annotated)Ernest Hemingway14h 41m$2 · $0.00
The Face of BattleJohn Keegan11h 46m$23
The Art of WarSun Tzu9h 16m$20
Wilfred Owen: The Selected PoemsWilfred Owen30m$3 · $0.00
PoemsWilfred Owen46m$2.30
Battle of the AtlanticTed Barris14h 23m$33 · $0.00
A Company of TanksWilliam Henry Lowe Watson8h 23m$2 · $0.00
War and the Arme BlancheErskine Childers14h 32m$2 · $0.00
The Soul of the WarPhilip Gibbs14h 4m$2.30
Little WarsH. G. Wells1h 50m$4.90 · $0.00