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The Burning Spear: Being the Experiences of Mr. John Lavender in the Time of War
The story centers around Lavender, a somewhat eccentric and idealistic gentleman who craves a sense of purpose and dedication to his country amidst the chaos of war, grappling with his own nerves and perceptions of patriotism.
"The Burning Spear" by John Galsworthy is a satirical novel that appears to examine the experiences of Mr. John Lavender during the tumultuous time of war, likely set in the World War I era. The story centers around Lavender, a somewhat eccentric and idealistic gentleman who craves a sense of purpose and dedication to his country amidst the chaos of war, grappling with his own nerves and perceptions of patriotism.
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In the year —— there dwelt on Hampstead Heath a small thin gentleman of fifty-eight, gentle disposition, and independent means, whose wits had become somewhat addled from reading the writings and speeches of public men. The castle which, like every Englishman, he inhabited was embedded in lilac bushes and laburnums, and was attached to another castle, embedded, in deference to our national dislike of uniformity, in acacias and laurustinus. Our gentleman, whose name was John Lavender, had until the days of the Great War passed one of those curious existences are sometimes to be met with, in doing harm to nobody. He had been brought up to the Bar, but like most barristers had never practised, and had spent his time among animals and the wisdom of the past. At the period in which this record opens he owned a young female sheep-dog called Blink, with beautiful eyes obscured by hair; and was attended to by a thin and energetic housekeeper, in his estimation above all weakness, whose name was Marian Petty, and by her husband, his chauffeur, whose name was Joe.
Contents
- 01The Burning Spear
- 02I
- 03The Hero
- 04II
- 05The Valet
- 06III
- 07Mr. Lavender Addresses a Crowd of Huns
- 08IV
- 09Into the Dangers of a Public Life
- 10V
- 11Is Convicted of a New Disease
- 12VI
- 13Makes a Mistake, and Meets a Moon-Cat
- 14VII
- 15Sees and Editor, and Finds a Farmer
- 16VIII
- 17Starves Some Germans
- 18IX
- 19Converses with a Conscientious Objector
- 20X
- 21Dreams a Dream and Sees a Vision
- 22XI
- 23Breaks Up a Peace Meeting
- 24XII
- 25Speeds Up Transport, and Sees a Doctor
- 26XIII
- 27Addresses Some Soldiers on Their Future
- 28XIV
- 29Endeavours to Intern a German
- 30XV.
- 31XVI
- 32Fights the Fight of Faith
- 33XVII
- 34Addresses the Clouds
- 35XVIII
- 36Sees Truth Face to Face
- 37XIX
- 38Is in Peril of the Street
- 39XX
- 40Receives a Revelation
- 41XXI
- 42And Ascends to Paradise
About this edition
- Author
- John Galsworthy
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Introductory: no background needed
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 120 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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