P. C. Wren: Collected Works (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. The Wages of Virtue, Cupid in Africa, Stepsons of France, Snake and Sword, Driftwood Spars & Biographical Stories of the French Foreign LegionBy P. C. Wren
Length44h 34m
About this audiobook
P. C. Wren: Collected Works gathers the fiction of a writer best remembered for Beau Geste and its companion tales of loyalty, disguise, endurance, and imperial adventure. Set largely amid the stark romance of the French Foreign Legion, these works combine melodramatic plotting with crisp narrative momentum, moral testing, and an Edwardian relish for honour under pressure. Wren's prose belongs to the late imperial adventure tradition, yet it is distinguished by its fascination with brotherhood, sacrifice, and the theatrical masks men adopt in extremity. Percival Christopher Wren remains an enigmatic figure, in part because the exact extent of his military experience has long been debated. Born in 1875 and educated in Britain, he spent significant years in India as a teacher and administrator, experiences that clearly informed his sense of empire, hierarchy, discipline, and exile. Whether drawn from direct service or imaginative reconstruction, his Legion fiction reflects a lifelong engagement with codes of conduct and masculine idealism. This collection is recommended to readers of classic adventure fiction, imperial literary history, and popular storytelling between the Victorian and modern periods. It offers not only vigorous entertainment but also a revealing archive of the ideals, anxieties, and narrative pleasures of its age.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreAction and Adventure
Length44 hrs 34 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 12, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Collected Works of P. C. WREN:
3Novels:
4SNAKE AND SWORD
5Chapter I. The Snake and the Soul
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6Chapter II. The Sword and the Snake
7Chapter III. The Snake Appears
8Chapter IV. The Sword and the Soul
9Chapter V. Lucille
10Chapter VI. The Snake's "Myrmidon"
11Chapter VII. Love—and the Snake
12Chapter VIII. Troopers of the Queen
13Chapter IX. A Snake Avenges a Haddock and Lucille Behaves in an Un-Smelliean Manner
14Chapter X. Much Ado About Almost Nothing—a Trooper
15Chapter XI. More Myrmidons
16Chapter XII. Vultures and Luck—good and Bad
17Chapter XIII. Found
18Chapter XIV. The Snake and the Sword
19Seven Years After
20Epilogue
21THE WAGES OF VIRTUE
22Chapter I. Soap and Sir Montague Merline
23Chapter II. A Barrack-Room of the Legion
24Chapter III. Carmelita Et Cie
25Chapter IV. The Canteen of the Legion
26Chapter V. The Trivial Round
27Chapter VI. Le Cafard and Other Things
28Chapter VII. The Sheep in Wolf's Clothing
29Chapter VIII. The Temptation of Sir Montague Merline
30Chapter IX. The Café and the Canteen
31Chapter X. The Wages of Sin
32Chapter XI. Greater Love..
33Epilogue
34DRIFTWOOD SPARS
35Chapter I. The Man
36Chapter II. The Boy
37§ 1. Mr. Grobble
38§ 2. General Murger
39§ 3. Sergeant-Major Lawrence-Smith
40§ 4. Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Gosling-Green
41§ 5. Mr. Horace Faggit
42§ 1
43§ 2
44§ 3
45CUPID IN AFRICA: Or, The Baking of Bertram in Love and War
46Chapter I. Major Hugh Walsingham Greene
47Chapter II. Mr. Charles Stayne-Brooker (or Herr Karl Stein-Brücker)
48Chapter III. Mrs. Stayne-Brooker—and Her Ex-Stepson
49Chapter I. Bertram Becomes a Man of War
50Chapter II. And is Ordered to East Africa
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