Project Gutenberg 2006-10-24 Public domain in the USA. 107 Walpole, Hugh 1884 1941 Walpole, Sir Hugh The Dark Forest Reading ease score: 80.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Dark Forest" by Hugh Walpole is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set against the backdrop of World War I, the book follows the experiences of an Englishman named John Trenchard, who is engaged to a Russian nurse named Marie Ivanovna. As they navigate the complexities of war, love, and cultural differences, the story explores themes of identity, belonging, and the interplay between expectation and reality. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to several key characters at a train station in Petrograd, Russia. Among them are John Trenchard, who is awkward yet eager, and Marie Ivanovna, who is animated and spirited. They are part of a Red Cross unit preparing to serve in the war. The opening chapter paints a vivid picture of their journey, revealing Trenchard's internal struggles with his identity and purpose amid the chaos of war. As they travel, the atmosphere shifts from one of excitement and hope to subtle discontent and existential questioning, particularly for Trenchard as he grapples with his romantic idealism in contrast to the stark realities of the conflict surrounding them. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Historical fiction World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction War stories PR Text Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Fiction 590098 590097 2024-10-08T14:15:28.788525 2023-09-09T05:09:59.683251 text/html text/html 597980 2006-10-24T04:47:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 233440 2006-10-24T04:47:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 314927 2024-10-08T14:15:38.225433 application/epub+zip 321842 2024-10-08T14:15:31.201462 application/epub+zip 305433 2024-10-08T14:15:29.750504 application/epub+zip 530681 2024-10-08T14:15:43.592441 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 485666 2024-10-08T14:15:37.126435 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 446318 2022-09-09T10:24:27.117280 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 556299 556189 2024-10-08T14:15:27.707492 2023-09-09T05:09:58.775266 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 556145 2006-10-24T04:47:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 211090 2006-10-24T04:47:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 556160 2006-10-24T04:47:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 210994 2006-10-24T04:47:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21616 2024-10-08T14:15:43.737401 application/rdf+xml 11389 2024-10-08T14:15:30.324494 image/jpeg 3133 2024-10-08T14:15:30.039510 image/jpeg 295813 2024-10-08T14:15:28.843719 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia