UNLIMITED Audiobooks and eBooks
Over 40,000 books & works on all major devices
Get ALL YOU CAN for FREE for 30 days!
Echoes of the War
J. M. Barrie
Book Overview:
Short stories with dramatic parts about civilian life in London during the First World War. Some humorous moments.
Short stories with dramatic parts about civilian life in London during the First World War. Some humorous moments.
How does All You Can Books work?
All You Can Books gives you UNLIMITED access to over 40,000 Audiobooks, eBooks, and Foreign Language courses. Download as many audiobooks, ebooks, language audio courses, and language e-workbooks as you want during the FREE trial and it's all yours to keep even if you cancel during the FREE trial. The service works on any major device including computers, smartphones, music players, e-readers, and tablets. You can try the service for FREE for 30 days then it's just $19.99 per month after that. So for the price everyone else charges for just 1 book, we offer you UNLIMITED audio books, e-books and language courses to download and enjoy as you please. No restrictions.
'Woman, is there no getting rid of you!'
'Are you angry?'
He sits down with a groan.
'Oh, hell! Give me some tea.'
She rushes about preparing a meal for him, every bit of her wanting to cry out to every other bit, 'Oh, glory, glory, glory!' For a moment she hovers behind his chair. 'Kenneth'! she murmurs. 'What?' he asks, no longer aware that she is taking a liberty. 'Nothing,' she says, 'just Kenneth,' and is off gleefully for the tea-caddy. But when his tea is poured out, and he has drunk a saucerful, the instinct of self-preservation returns to him between two bites.
'Don't you be thinking, missis, for one minute that you have got me.'
'No, no.'
On that understanding he. . . Read More
Try now for FREE!
"Love your service - thanks so much for what you do!"
- Customer Cathryn Mazer
"I did not realize that you would have so many audio books I would enjoy"
- Customer Sharon Morrison
"For all my fellow Audio Book & E-Book regulars:
This is about as close to nirvana as I have found!"
- Twitter post from @bobbyekat
Community Reviews
Wordless feeling
War is hardest on those who stay behind. My grandma held similar experience after my uncle Edward’s death in Korea. These stories are eye opening. 22 years in service and I too felt invincible and never thought about family and friends reaction.
"We have a fine for speaking about the war.
And you know, those fellows we were fighting ...
I forget who they were?"
This book is a collection of four short stories involving families affected by world war one.
Each of the stories takes place over a single scene, and the stories were so condensed and so well constructed. I really feel like these are bite sized masterpieces. (a la twilight zone or twelve angry men)