THE YOUNG GUARD – World War I Poems & Author's War Memoirs (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. World War I Poems and Memoirs from the Western Front, with Insights into British SocietyBy E. W. Hornung
Length6h 58m
About this audiobook
The Young Guard gathers E. W. Hornung's elegiac World War I verse with memoiristic reflections shaped by direct proximity to the Western Front. Its poems are formal, restrained, and public in tone, yet pierced by private grief; they belong to the Georgian and wartime memorial tradition, where patriotic diction is complicated by bereavement, sacrifice, and moral witness. The prose memoirs deepen this context, recording war not as abstraction but as lived endurance, service, and loss. Hornung, best remembered as the creator of the gentleman-thief A. J. Raffles, brought to this volume a novelist's clarity and a bereaved father's urgency. Born in 1866 and connected by marriage to Arthur Conan Doyle, he was already an established literary figure when the war transformed his life: his only son, Oscar, was killed in 1915. Hornung later served with the YMCA in France, an experience that gave his writing immediacy and emotional authority. This book is recommended to readers interested in World War I literature beyond the canonical trench poets. It offers a poignant bridge between Edwardian literary culture and the shattered consciousness of wartime Britain, rewarding those who seek testimony that is dignified, intimate, and historically resonant.
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
GenrePoetry
Length6 hrs 58 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 13, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE YOUNG GUARD – World War I Poems & Author's War Memoirs (Annotated)
10Christmas up the Line
2Introduction
11Details
3Historical Context
12A Boy's Grave
4Synopsis (Selection)
13The Rest Hut
5THE YOUNG GUARD – World War I Poems & Author’s War Memoirs
14'We Fall to Rise'
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6Poems
15Analysis
7Memoir
16Reflection
8Notes of a Camp Follower on the Western Front
17Memorable Quotes
9An Ark in the Mud
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