All Else Is Folly
This novel, published in 1929, more than a decade after the close of the First World War, is an insightful and disturbing view of a Canadian officer's experiences both at war and during his painful recovery from serious wounds suffered on the Somme battlefield. Described here, also, is the man's love for a young English woman whose husband is a prisoner-of-war in Germany. Not surprisingly, the subtitle of Mr. Acland's novel is 'A tale of war and passion.' Canadian Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden remarked of the novel: "No more vivid picture has been painted of what war meant to the average soldier." - Summary by KevinS
Genre(s): War & Military Fiction, Published 1900 onward
Language: English
Keyword(s): romance (1066), war (234), Canada (184), World War One (25)
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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| Play 00 | Dedication and Preface | KevinS |
00:09:30 |
| Play 01 | Part 1, Chapter 1 | KevinS |
00:30:43 |
| Play 02 | Part 1, Chapter 2 | KevinS |
00:06:37 |
| Play 03 | Part 1, Chapter 3 | KevinS |
00:15:05 |
| Play 04 | Part 1, Chapter 4 | KevinS |
00:05:27 |
| Play 05 | Part 1, Chapter 5 | KevinS |
00:14:21 |
| Play 06 | Part 1, Chapter 6 | KevinS |
00:07:18 |
| Play 07 | Part 1, Chapter 7 | KevinS |
00:04:11 |
| Play 08 | Part 1, Chapter 8 | KevinS |
00:09:06 |
| Play 09 | Part 1, Chapter 9 | KevinS |
00:05:35 |
| Play 10 | Part 1, Chapter 10 | KevinS |
00:10:54 |
| Play 11 | Part 1, Chapter 11 | KevinS |
00:10:44 |
| Play 12 | Part 1, Chapter 12 | KevinS |
00:08:40 |
| Play 13 | Part 1, Chapter 13 | KevinS |
00:23:58 |
| Play 14 | Part 1, Chapter 14 | KevinS |
00:42:59 |
| Play 15 | Part 1, Chapter 15 | KevinS |
00:42:59 |
| Play 16 | Part 2, Chapter 1 | KevinS |
00:28:03 |
| Play 17 | Part 2, Chapter 2 | KevinS |
00:15:46 |
| Play 18 | Part 2, Chapter 3 | KevinS |
00:25:11 |
| Play 19 | Part 2, Chapter 4 | KevinS |
00:44:40 |
| Play 20 | Part 3, Chapter 1 | KevinS |
00:22:27 |
| Play 21 | Part 3, Chapter 2 and Epilogue | KevinS |
00:22:47 |