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- Enid Bagnold
- The Happy Foreigner
Chapters
21 totalPROLOGUE: THE EVE - PART I. THE BLACK HUT AT BAR - CHAPTER I. THE TRAVELLER - PART II. LORRAINE - CHAPTER II. METZ CHAPTER III. JULIEN CHAPTER IV. VERDUN CHAPTER V. VERDUN CHAPTER VI. THE LOVER IN THE LAMP CHAPTER VII. THE THREE "CLIENTS" CHAPTER VIII. GERMANY CHAPTER IX. THE CRINOLINE CHAPTER X. FANNY ROBBED AND RESCUED CHAPTER XI. THE LAST NIGHT IN METZ: THE JOURNEY - PART III. THE FORESTS OF CHANTILLY - CHAPTER XII. PRECY-SUR-OISE CHAPTER XIII. THE INN CHAPTER XIV. THE RIVER CHAPTER XV. ALLIES CHAPTER XVI. THE ARDENNES - PART IV. SPRING IN CHARLEVILLE - CHAPTER XVII. THE STUFFED OWL CHAPTER XVIII. PHILIPPE'S HOUSE CHAPTER XIX. PHILIPPE'S MOTHER CHAPTER XX. THE LAST DAY - PROLOGUE - THE EVE
PART I - THE BLACK HUT AT BAR - CHAPTER I - THE TRAVELLER
PART II - LORRAINE - CHAPTER II - METZ
CHAPTER III - JULIEN
CHAPTER IV - VERDUN
CHAPTER V - VERDUN
CHAPTER VI - THE LOVER IN THE LAMP
CHAPTER VII - THE THREE "CLIENTS"
CHAPTER VIII - GERMANY
CHAPTER IX - THE CRINOLINE
Description
In the cold rain‑soaked streets of post‑war France, a young Englishwoman steps off a night train, her knapsack heavy with memories and the weight of an uncertain future. The city of Bar‑le‑Duc looms like a half‑remembered dream, its empty platforms and shuttered cafés echoing the silence left by conflict. As she seeks shelter in a dim YMCA doorway, the mingling of tired American officers and strangers offers a fragile glimpse of camaraderie amid the lingering fog of loss.
Through brief, charged encounters—a boy offering violets, a flickering tavern sign, the hushed conversations of soldiers—she begins to map a new interior landscape. The narrative follows her tentative steps toward connection, balancing the pull of duty against the yearning for personal peace. Listeners are drawn into a quiet, lyrical portrait of a traveler learning that the most distant horizons often lie within the heart.
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Language
en
Duration
~5 hours (344K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2006-03-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
Enid Bagnold
1889–1981
Best known for the much-loved story National Velvet, she wrote novels and plays with sharp feeling, wit, and a keen eye for how people behave under pressure. Her work moved easily between fiction and the stage, earning admiration for its range and emotional clarity.
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