Extremely short World War 1 novels?

Question

Also where can i find a chapter summery of No Graves as Yet by Anne Perry?

Answer 1

Try reading the works of some of the war poets, for example. Wilfred Owen. I know it's poetry and not prose but Owen describes the horrors and effects of war; gas attacks, shell shock and the stigma of the wounded.

Answer 2

Tommy Thompson wanted some exitement and when WW1 started he decided that he wanted a part of the action, so although he was only 16 years old he volunteered for the infantry.

He was quite a big lad for his age, so it wasn't difficult to fool the recruitment sargeant who didn't really care anyway, just so long as he got the number of men he was looking for.

Tommy was a bit surprised that his 'training' only lasted one week, but he was looking for excitement so he didn't care too much, and he was pleased to hear that after only two weeks in the army his regiment was going to be on a ship bound for Flanders, where he could join in the battles that were taking place.

When the ship docked Tommy's regiment was disembarking when the gangplank collapsed and everyone on it was thrown down on to the quayside. For those at the bottom of the gangplank when it collapsed, it wasn't too bad, but they still suffered lots of broken bones, cut and bruizes. For those higher up though, it was much worse as they had some thirty or forty feet to fall, and about fifty soldiers were killed outright by the injuries they sustained.

Sadly Tommy had been right at the top of the gangplank when it collapsed and he died of a broken neck as soon as he hit the concrete quay.

They put his body in a box and shipped him home the following day, and that was the end of the war for Tommy.
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So there you are then, an extremely short WW! novel. Written especially for you!!

Answer 3

The only WWI novels I know of are "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque and "To the Last Man" by Jeff Shaara. Both are over 300 pages (304 for the first one, 636 for the second).

Answer 4

I think it is so cool when kids judge the value of a book by its length. I can see book reviews fifteen years from now.

Persiphone Hellecat did it again - another great novel - and less than 100 pages! How does she do it?

You cannot put a word count on WW1 my dear. It was the War to end all Wars. It was something that never happened before and should have never happened again. For the first time chemical weapons were used on field of battle and entire fields full of young men dropped in their tracks and died. How can you put a word count on something like that? How can you tell the true story and stress the importance to young people and stay in novella - land? You cannot.

Nor can you get the full effect of the war by reading chapter summaries. Remember the words of the great philosopher George Santayana who said "Those who forget the past are condemned to relive it." For the sake of the future, do not forget WW1 or the one that came after it. And pray that we do not have to relive it.

And by all means, take a moment to read the poem Flanders Field. It is a moving tribute to those whose lives were lost in Belgium in WW1 ...

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/flanders.htm
Pax- C

Answer 5

You may find this an odd answer, but I suggest you read the 'Biggles' stories by W.E. Johns. Yes, they are for kids, and are thought of as being 'Boy's Own' adventure jingo, but the very early books are stuffed with authenticity, virtually a memoir of the RFC, and many of the stories are based on true events. This is a very different Biggles from the lantern jawed hero of later yarns. This is a teenage boy, stuffed in a cockpit and sent to kill or be killed, who goes on the booze, has what we now recognise as a nervous breakdown as all his chums are shot down, and finds himself questioning what the hell it's all about.
Stirring stuff, on many levels!

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Rebecca West 'The Return of the Soldier' is very short. Fab book. Set in England though.

Answer 8

well, i wouldn't say erich maria remarque's "all quiet on the western front" or robert grave's "goodbye to all that" are extremely short, but both books are good and can be read quickly. and both are about ww1.

Answer 9

How many miles to babylon by Jenniifer Johnson

Answer 10

i dont know any world war one but for a world war 2 story, read private peaceful by michael morpurgo