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Sebastian Faulks and
Peter Firth (narrator)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Chivers Audio Books
Publication date
April 1, 1996
Binding
Cassette/Spoken Word
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780745127514
ISBN-10
0745127517
Dimensions
2.25 by 7 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.50 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$96.95
Other format details
audio
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: In 1910 a young Englishman, Stephen Wraysford, goes to Picardy, France, to learn the textile business. While there he plunges into a love affair with the young wife of his host, a passion so imperative and consuming that it changes him forever. Several years later, with the outbreak of World War I, he finds himself again in the fields of Picardy, this time as a soldier on the Western Front. A strange, occasionally bitter man, Stephen is possessed of an inexplicable will to survive. He struggles through the hideously bloody battles of the Marne, Verdun, and the Somme (in the last named, thirty thousand British soldiers were killed in the first half hour alone), camps for weeks at a time in the verminous trenches, and hunkers in underground tunnels as he watches many of the companions he has grown to love perish. In spite of everything, Stephen manages to find hope and meaning in the blasted world he inhabits.
Sixty years after war's end, his granddaughter discovers, and keeps, Stephen's promise to a dying man. Sebastian Faulks brings the anguish of love and war to vivid life, and leaves the reader's mind pulsating with images that are graphic and unforgettable.
Sixty years after war's end, his granddaughter discovers, and keeps, Stephen's promise to a dying man. Sebastian Faulks brings the anguish of love and war to vivid life, and leaves the reader's mind pulsating with images that are graphic and unforgettable.
Editions
Hardcover
from Random House Inc (February 1, 1996)
9780679435457 | details & prices | 402 pages | 6.75 × 10.00 × 1.75 in. | 1.60 lbs | List price $25.00
About: In 1910, Stephen Wraysford, a young Englishman, journeys to France, becomes embroiled in a series of traumatic events, including a clandestine love affair, and is later trapped amid the horrors of the First World War
About: In 1910, Stephen Wraysford, a young Englishman, journeys to France, becomes embroiled in a series of traumatic events, including a clandestine love affair, and is later trapped amid the horrors of the First World War
Paperback
from Vintage Uk (April 3, 2014)
9780099593454 | details & prices | 503 pages | 4.50 × 6.75 × 1.25 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $10.15
CD/Spoken Word
With Peter Firth (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Chivers Sound Library (April 1, 2000)
9780754053521 | details & prices | 7.25 × 7.25 × 1.50 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $57.95
Cassette/Spoken Word
The price comparison is for this edition
With Peter Firth (other contributor) |
from Chivers Audio Books (April 1, 1996)
9780745127514 | details & prices | 7.00 × 9.25 × 2.25 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $96.95
About: In 1910 a young Englishman, Stephen Wraysford, goes to Picardy, France, to learn the textile business.
About: In 1910 a young Englishman, Stephen Wraysford, goes to Picardy, France, to learn the textile business.
Abridged edition from Gardners Books (June 1, 1995)
9781856863551 | details & prices | List price $24.60
About: From the author of A FOOL'S ALPHABET and THE GIRL AT THE LION D'OR, a story set in France, spanning the years before and during the First World War, following the experiences of a young Englishman.
About: From the author of A FOOL'S ALPHABET and THE GIRL AT THE LION D'OR, a story set in France, spanning the years before and during the First World War, following the experiences of a young Englishman.
Prebinding
from Turtleback Books (July 1, 2003)
9780613656276 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $26.95
About: In 1910, Stephen Wraysford, a young Englishman, journeys to France, becomes embroiled in a series of traumatic events, including a clandestine love affair, and is later trapped amid the horrors of the First World War
About: In 1910, Stephen Wraysford, a young Englishman, journeys to France, becomes embroiled in a series of traumatic events, including a clandestine love affair, and is later trapped amid the horrors of the First World War
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