Fields of Victory

Ward, Humphry, Mrs., 1851-1920Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 331K words
Chapters: 34

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Fields of Victory by Mrs. Humphry WardAuthor: Ward, Humphry, Mrs., 1851-1920,Language: English, Class: D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918), Release Date: Oct 22, 2004

Editor's review

Fields of Victory is a work related to World War I by the British author Mrs. Humphry Ward. It is a historical work, published by Project Gutenberg as a free eBook. Mrs. Ward was a well-known British novelist from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century, and this book turns its gaze to the battlefields of 1914–1918, bearing clear marks of its time. For readers who want to understand the social atmosphere and war narratives of World War I from the perspective of those who lived through it, this book offers an entry point where literature and history overlap. Its value lies not in a systematic survey of military-historical data, but in presenting wartime observations and emotions in a literary style, making it suitable as supplementary reading on World War I themes. When reading, it is advisable to keep the basic historical outline of World War I in mind and to pay attention to the author's perspective as a British intellectual woman and her narrative stance. Since the original book is an English public-domain eBook, Chinese readers can read it through bilingual comparison or with the aid of tools, treating it as a sample for understanding British wartime writing in the early twentieth century.

Who it's for

A good fit for

General readers interested in the history of World War I and wartime society
Literature enthusiasts studying early twentieth-century British literature and war narratives
Readers of World War I themes hoping to expand their reading with English original eBooks
Nonfiction readers who enjoy understanding historical atmosphere from the perspective of those who lived through it

Not a good fit for

Military researchers expecting systematic military-historical data and battle analysis
Readers unaccustomed to reading English originals or the late nineteenth-century prose style
Readers who only want light fictional stories and have no interest in war themes

Reading tips

First learn the general timeline of World War I, then enter the book to better grasp the narrative background
Read it alongside contemporaneous British war literature to observe differences in expression across genres
When English reading is difficult, use bilingual comparison or tools to aid understanding
After each chapter, note the author's perspective and emotional tendencies to form reading notes

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Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971

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Is this book a novel or historical documentary?

According to Project Gutenberg's classification, this book is placed under World War I history (D501) and is not a fictional novel. However, the author, Mrs. Ward, was a novelist, and the narrative has a literary style; readers may regard it as literary wartime historical writing rather than a strictly military-historical monograph.

What English level is needed to read this book?

This book is an English public-domain eBook, and its style bears the characteristics of early twentieth-century English, with sentence patterns and vocabulary somewhat distant from contemporary English. It is more suitable for readers with university-level English reading ability who are willing to use dictionaries or aids; complete beginners will find it a heavy burden.

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Ward, Humphry, Mrs., 1851-1920 Author

Mrs. Humphry Ward (1851–1920) was a British novelist of the late Victorian era, born Mary Augusta Arnold and known after marriage by her husband's surname. Her fiction often centres on conflicts between religious belief and moral conviction, while also touching on social reform, women's circumstances and family ethics. Her style is realistic, with finely drawn psychological portraits, and her work reached a wide readership in the English-speaking world of her day. The novel Robert Elsmere, her best-known work, stirred public debate by addressing a crisis of faith, while Marcella, The History of David Grieve and The Marriage of William Ashe likewise explore personal conviction and social responsibility. Thirty-three of her works are held in this collection. Public information is limited, so details of her life and career are not elaborated here.