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Unhappy Far-Off Things
by Lord DUNSANY (1878 - 1957)The Real Thing
Better known today for his influential fantasy writings, Lord Dunsany also wrote a number of sketches during World War One. This compilation of essays written from time spent in France in 1916. Much more thoughtful and melancholy than the pieces written for the War Office earlier in the war. - Summary by Alan Winterrowd
Listen next episodes of Unhappy Far-Off Things:
A Garden Of Arras , A Happy Valley , After Hell , In An Old Drawing-Room , In Bethune , The Homes Of Arras