Project Gutenberg 2011-04-21 Public domain in the USA. 72 Stevenson, Burton Egbert 1872 1962 Stevenson, Burton E. 19014362 The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Girl from Alsace" by Burton Egbert Stevenson is a romance novel set during the tumultuous times of the Great War, likely written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around themes of love, identity, and the harsh realities of war, particularly focusing on the struggles faced by those caught between national conflicts. The key characters include Stewart, an American surgeon, and a mysterious Frenchwoman from Alsace, highlighting the intersection of personal and political turmoil in this tumultuous period. The opening of the novel introduces Stewart and his German friend Bloem during a farewell coffee in Cologne just before the outbreak of World War I. Their conversation quickly shifts to the grim reality of impending war, revealing Bloem's grim resignation to militarism in Germany. This sets the stage for a dramatic narrative about war's impact on individuals, as Stewart grapples with the unsettling political changes as they become evident. Soon, Bloem departs for military duty, leaving Stewart to contemplate the chaos unfolding around him, culminating in a serendipitous meeting with a Frenchwoman who seeks his help to escape the clutches of war and oppression. The beginning effectively establishes a sense of urgency and foreshadows the intertwining lives of the main characters against the backdrop of historical events. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/35926/35926-h/images/cover.jpg en World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction War stories Alsace (France) -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 411350 411266 2024-09-15T09:12:05.995907 2023-09-15T14:25:22.310642 text/html text/html 419581 2021-04-16T16:44:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 479560 2021-04-16T16:48:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 504502 2024-09-15T09:12:11.975903 application/epub+zip 509036 2024-09-15T09:12:06.853911 application/epub+zip 210969 2024-09-15T09:12:06.417924 application/epub+zip 646276 2024-09-15T09:12:16.042858 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 621975 2024-09-15T09:12:11.454890 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 324392 2022-09-16T12:28:17.709596 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 388590 2024-09-15T09:12:04.750941 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 388638 2021-04-16T16:47:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 146364 2021-04-16T16:47:50 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18487 2024-09-15T09:12:16.179886 application/rdf+xml 18969 2024-09-15T09:12:06.510909 image/jpeg 2762 2024-09-15T09:12:06.465901 image/jpeg 479642 2024-09-15T09:12:06.041020 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