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Jacqueline WinspearMaisie Dobbs
Jacqueline WinspearFiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
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Further Reading: Literature
Under Fire by Henri Barbusse (1916)
Based on Barbusse’s life as a French soldier on the Western Front, Under Fire was one of the first novels to depict World War I.
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (1929)
Written by a German veteran of World War I, this novel depicts the trauma suffered by veterans both during the war and upon returning home.
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Memoirs of an Infantry Officer by Siegfried Sassoon (1930)
This fictionalized account of war poet Siegfried Sassoon’s World War I experiences became an instant classic upon publication.
Further Reading: Historical Works and Memoirs
Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain (1933)
Part of a multi-volume series of memoirs covering the first half of the 20th century, Testament of Youth offers a firsthand account of World War I, and its impact on women in particular, by a British nurse and activist.
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Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age by Modris Eksteins (1989)
This history traces the roots of modernism to the massive cultural upheaval of World War I.
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Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 by Christopher Clark (2012)
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