Marne The: a tale of the war
Edith Wharton
Narrator LibriVox Community
Publisher: LibriVox
Summary
American writer Edith Wharton is known for her novels of manners set in old New York; yet much of her adult life was spent in France. She lived in Paris throughout World War I and was heavily involved in refugee work. Her 1918 novella The Marne dramatizes the events of the war as seen through the eyes of 15-year-old Troy Belknap, an American boy who longs to join up and save his beloved France. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)
Duration: about 2 hours (01:56:42) Publishing date: 2014-08-25; Copyright Year: 1918. Copyright Statment: —