William, An Englishman

About this film

LibriVox recording of William, An Englishman by Cicely Hamilton. Read in English by Expatriate William – an Englishman is a 1919 novel by Cicely Hamilton. The novel explores the effect of the First World War on a married couple during the rise of Socialism and the Suffragette movement. It was originally published by Skeffington & Son before being reprinted by Persephone Books in 1999. Described as 'a passionate assertion of the futility of war' by The Spectator, William - an Englishman won the first Prix Femina-Vie Heureuse Anglais prize in 1920. - Summary by Wikipedia Please note that the available edition is missing two pages (pages 169-170), and that these pages are therefore missing from the reading. The missing scene is when William Tully first meets the Englishwoman Edith Haynes in a French village. For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (168mb)

Directors & creators

Cicely Hamilton

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;World War I; marriage; socialism; feminism; suffragettes; antihero

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