The War-Workers & Consequences (Two Unabridged Novels) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. From the Renowned Author of The Diary of a Provincial Lady, Thank Heaven Fasting, Faster! Faster! & The Way Things AreBy E. M. Delafield
Length21h 47m
About this audiobook
The War-Workers & Consequences brings together two searching early novels in which E. M. Delafield examines women's lives under the pressures of duty, class, and institutional expectation. The War-Workers is a sharply observed home-front satire of voluntary wartime administration, exposing vanity, fatigue, and moral self-deception beneath patriotic efficiency. Consequences is darker and more psychological, tracing the constriction of a young woman shaped by family discipline, convent schooling, and social convention. Together they belong to the post-Edwardian moment when realist fiction began scrutinizing the costs of feminine obedience. Delafield, born Edmée Elizabeth Monica de la Pasture in 1890, knew the worlds she described: upper-middle-class domesticity, Catholic education, wartime service, and the often absurd machinery of respectable philanthropy. Before becoming famous for The Diary of a Provincial Lady, she had already developed a distinctive comic intelligence, balancing irony with compassion. Her fiction repeatedly asks how women survive systems that praise sacrifice while denying self-knowledge. This volume is recommended to readers interested in women's writing, First World War home-front literature, and the evolution of modern social satire. It reveals Delafield as more than a comic diarist: she is a penetrating analyst of emotional repression and institutional power.
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
GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length21 hrs 47 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 30, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The War-Workers & Consequences (Two Unabridged Novels) (Annotated)
10Book I (pt. 1)
2Introduction
11Book I (pt. 2)
3Historical Context
12Book I (pt. 3)
4Synopsis (Selection)
13Book I (pt. 4)
5The War Workers (1918) (pt. 1)
14Book II (pt. 1)
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6The War Workers (1918) (pt. 2)
15Book II (pt. 2)
7The War Workers (1918) (pt. 3)
16Analysis
8The War Workers (1918) (pt. 4)
17Reflection
9Consequences (1919)
18Memorable Quotes
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