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1916. England is at war, and the Morland family is in the thick of it, with two men already in France and three more soon to go. Tragedy strikes Morland Place when Jessie's husband Ned is reported missing on the Western Front. His father launches a desperate bid to find him, but the family fear the worst. Jessie, in mourning and frustrated by her job as an auxiliary nurse, goes to London to work in a military hospital. There she is reunited with her old friend Oliver, posted to the capital under the RAMC. Also in London is Violet, whose affair with the brilliant artist Octavian Laidislaw is about to erupt in scandal . . . The Measure of Days paints a portrait of a family, and a nation, at war, at a pivotal point in history. With the onset of conscription, no one is left unaffected. Every man must hold himself in readiness; and every woman knows that when she says goodbye, it might be for the last time.… (meer)
I empathize with the characters from this series more than any other fiction I've read and yesterday while sitting in traffic I realized that while re-reading this book in the series that each day I was SO looking forward to the time I would get to read . . . for the simple reason that I would get to "find out what happens to" ___________ fill in the blank with your favorite characters' names here. As I sat there behind the wheel of my car I wondered what the author must do to elicit such strong empathy? I think the answer is partially that [a:harrod-eagles|130|Cynthia Harrod-Eagles|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg] invests her characters with the time and the psychological complexity to think about one another and that, in and of itself, makes them feel like intimates. The reader knows how they treat one another and sometimes what their motivations were. Whether we are discovering the world of an independent and generous character who's life it is a pleasure to walk alongside or the selfishness or close-mindedness of one of the stories' antagonists, all are concerned with their impact on one another, not merely pushing and shoving to promote themselves. Maybe this alone makes them feel more like friends? Do we come to care about them simply because they care about one another? ( )
The Morlands face another year of World War I with many changes. Characters go from living to dead in a paragraph- I was left audibly gasping several times. This book really brings to light the futility of war. Very powerful. ( )
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
Book One The anguish of the earth absolves our eyes Till beauty shines in all that we can see. War is our scourge; yet war has made us wise, And, fighting for our freedom, we are free.
Horror of wounds and anger at the foe And loss of things desired; all these must pass. We are the happy legion, for we know Time's but a golden wind that shakes the grass.
Siegfried Sassoon, 'Absolution'
Lord, let me know my end, and what is the measure of my days
Psalm 39 v4
Book Two We're in billets again now and, barring alarms, There'll be no occasion for standing to arms, And you'll find if you'd many night-watches to keep That the hour before daylight's the best hour for sleep.
We're feasting on chocolate, cake, currant buns, To a faint, German-band obbligato of guns, For I've noticed, wherever the regiment may go, That we always end up pretty close to the foe.
Charles Scott-Moncrieff, 'Back in Billets'
Book Three
War knows no power. Safe shall be my going, Secretly armed against all death's endeavour; Safe though all safety's lost; safe where men fall; And, if these poor limbs die, safest of all.
Rupert Brooke, 'Safety'
Opdracht
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
For Tony, with love and thanks - I couldn't do it without you.
Eerste woorden
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
30th September, 1915 The first post arrived early at Morland Place.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
1916. England is at war, and the Morland family is in the thick of it, with two men already in France and three more soon to go. Tragedy strikes Morland Place when Jessie's husband Ned is reported missing on the Western Front. His father launches a desperate bid to find him, but the family fear the worst. Jessie, in mourning and frustrated by her job as an auxiliary nurse, goes to London to work in a military hospital. There she is reunited with her old friend Oliver, posted to the capital under the RAMC. Also in London is Violet, whose affair with the brilliant artist Octavian Laidislaw is about to erupt in scandal . . . The Measure of Days paints a portrait of a family, and a nation, at war, at a pivotal point in history. With the onset of conscription, no one is left unaffected. Every man must hold himself in readiness; and every woman knows that when she says goodbye, it might be for the last time.
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