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Tatterdemalion

John Galsworthy

The story centers around the experiences of a frail widow living in southern France during World War I, whose life is intricately tied to her forgotten past and her compassionate deeds for the soldiers affected by the war.

"Tatterdemalion" by John Galsworthy is a novel. The story centers around the experiences of a frail widow living in southern France during World War I, whose life is intricately tied to her forgotten past and her compassionate deeds for the soldiers affected by the war.

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Her predilection for things French came from childish recollections of school-days in Paris, and a hasty removal thence by her father during the revolution of '48, of later travels as a little maiden, by diligence, to Pau and the then undiscovered Pyrenees, to a Montpellier and a Nice as yet unspoiled. Unto her seventy-eighth year, her French accent had remained unruffled, her soul in love with French gloves and dresses; and her face had the pale, unwrinkled, slightly aquiline perfection of the 'French marquise' type—it may, perhaps, be doubted whether any French marquise ever looked the part so perfectly.

Contents

  1. 01I
  2. 02The Grey Angel
  3. 03II
  4. 04Defeat
  5. 05III
  6. 06Flotsam and Jetsam
  7. 07IV
  8. 08The Bright Side
  9. 09V
  10. 10"Cafard"
  11. 11VI
  12. 12Recorded
  13. 13VII
  14. 14The Recruit
  15. 15VIII
  16. 16The Peace Meeting
  17. 17IX
  18. 18"The Dog It Was That Died"
  19. 19X
  20. 20In Heaven and Earth
  21. 21XI
  22. 22The Mother Stone
  23. 23XII
  24. 24Poirot and Bidan
  25. 25XIII
  26. 26The Muffled Ship
  27. 27XIV
  28. 28Heritage
  29. 29XV
  30. 30'A Green Hill Far Away'
  31. 31Part II
  32. 32Of Peace-Time
  33. 33I
  34. 34Spindleberries
  35. 35II
  36. 36Expectations
  37. 37III
  38. 38Manna
  39. 39IV
  40. 40A Strange Thing
  41. 41V
  42. 42Two Looks
  43. 43VI
  44. 44Fairyland
  45. 45VII
  46. 46The Nightmare Child
  47. 47VIII
  48. 48Buttercup-Night

About this edition

Author
John Galsworthy
Language
English
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
204 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers

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