Sergeant Michael Cassidy, The Lieutenant & Other War Stories (67 Short Stories in One Volume) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. British Trench Warfare and Great War Military TalesBy H. C. McNeile, Sapper
Length52h 37m
About this audiobook
Sergeant Michael Cassidy, The Lieutenant & Other War Stories gathers sixty-seven compact narratives shaped by the pressures, ironies, and brutal intimacies of modern war. Moving between trench episode, military sketch, adventure tale, and character study, the volume reveals a literary world in which courage, class, discipline, fear, and comradeship are tested under extreme conditions. Standout pieces such as "Sergeant Michael Cassidy" and "The Lieutenant" exemplify the collection's interest in ordinary soldiers and officers caught between duty and disillusionment. Writing as Sapper, H. C. McNeile drew upon his experience as a Royal Engineers officer during the First World War, transforming lived military knowledge into popular yet revealing fiction. His stories belong to the wider wartime and postwar tradition of British martial writing, while retaining the brisk pacing, sharp dialogue, and masculine codes associated with early twentieth-century magazine fiction. Together, these tales illuminate the attitudes, anxieties, and ideals that shaped wartime imagination. This volume is recommended for readers seeking both historical texture and narrative variety. Its breadth offers a valuable opportunity to study how war could be rendered as suspense, satire, tragedy, and moral test within a single collection. Students, scholars, and general readers alike will find in it a lively dialogue between entertainment and testimony.
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, Literary Classics
Length52 hrs 37 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 23, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5Sergeant Michael Cassidy, The Lieutenant & Other War Stories (67 Short Stories in One Volume)
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6I. — THREE TO ONE
7II. — A FIRE IN BILLETS
8III. — MEDICAL INSPECTION
9IV. — THE GUARDS
10V. — A SUBALTERN OF THE GUARDS
11VI. — A WORD TO THE SHIRKERS
12VII. — THE BRIDGE
13VIII. — THE CHARGE OF THE COOKS
14IX. — THE SPY
15X. — MUD AND NOISE
16XI. — THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE
17XII. — SAPPING AND MINING
18XIII. — THE HEAVY LIEUTENANT'S PRISONER
19XIV. — HOW TO BE HAPPY THOUGH WOUNDED
20XV. — THE TERRIBLE DANGER OF "FUNK"
21XVI. — GOOD-BYE AND GOOD LUCK
22PREFACE
23I. — THE LIEUTENANT
24II. — THE END OF "WIPERS"
25III. — THE BLACK SHEEP
26IV. — JAMES AND THE LAND MINE
27V. — THE SIXTH DRUNK
28VI. — THE MINE
29VII. — DRIVER ROBERT BROWN
30VIII. — THE COWARD
31IX. — EBENEEZER THE GOAT
32X. — THE PEPNOTISED MILK
33XI. — WILL YOU TAKE OVER HIS HORSE, SIR?
34XII. — THE AFTERMATH
35I. — THE AWAKENING OF JOHN WALTERS
36II. — A POINT OF DETAIL
37III. — MY LADY OF THE JASMINE
38IV. — THE MAN-TRAP
39V. — EBENEEZER THE GOAT
40VI. — THE PEPNOTISED MILK
41VII. — DRIVER ROBERT BROWN
42VIII. — THE END OF "WIPERS"
43IX. — THE BLACK SHEEP
44X. — THE SIXTH DRUNK
45XI. — THE COWARD
46XII. — "WILL YOU TAKE OVER HIS HORSE, SIR?"
47XIII. — MORPHIA
48XIV. — THE BOOBY-TRAP
49XV. — THE PASSING OF THE SEASICK COW
50I. — JIM BRENT'S V.C.
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