Project Gutenberg 2015-01-08 Public domain in the USA. 84 Johnson, Owen 1878 1952 Johnson, Owen McMahon The Wasted Generation Produced by David Edwards, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Wasted Generation" by Owen Johnson is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story is set against the backdrop of World War I and follows the introspective journey of David Littledale, an American soldier in the French Foreign Legion who grapples with his identity and purpose amidst the chaos of war. The novel explores themes of nationalism, personal introspection, and the complexities of love and loss. At the start of the book, David reflects on his thirty years of life on his birthday, filled with memories of his past while recovering in a peaceful Savoy courtyard surrounded by comrades. The sounds of distant warfare contrast sharply with the simplicity of his immediate surroundings as he ponders his motivations for fighting in the war. His thoughts delve into feelings of alienation and introspection, highlighting a deep desire for meaning and belonging as he prepares to potentially return to the front lines. David's narrative reveals an evolving understanding of himself and those around him, marked by his observations of camaraderie among soldiers and wistful remembering of life before the war, setting the stage for character development and existential exploration throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction Diary fiction Soldiers -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Americans -- France -- Fiction France. Armée. Légion étrangère -- Fiction Families -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 660830 660834 2024-09-20T06:03:38.652628 2023-09-20T15:57:31.377464 text/html text/html 675277 2015-01-07T17:08:10 text/html; charset=utf-8 383651 2015-01-07T17:08:10 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 473849 2024-09-20T06:03:50.524576 application/epub+zip 473028 2024-09-20T06:03:40.406636 application/epub+zip 370826 2024-09-20T06:03:39.525637 application/epub+zip 641508 2024-09-20T06:03:57.539067 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 571130 2024-09-20T06:03:49.499609 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 469418 2022-09-21T17:58:14.599817 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 592329 2024-09-20T06:03:36.284632 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 592581 2015-01-07T17:08:06 text/plain; charset=utf-8 224096 2015-01-07T17:08:10 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19441 2024-09-20T06:03:57.687032 application/rdf+xml 17940 2024-09-20T06:03:39.655632 image/jpeg 2309 2024-09-20T06:03:39.592639 image/jpeg 382615 2024-09-20T06:03:38.712626 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