Project Gutenberg 2015-11-19 Public domain in the USA. 89 Gibbs, Philip 1877 1962 Gibbs, Philip Hamilton, Sir Gibbs, Phillip Back to Life Reading ease score: 80.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by David Widger from page images generously provided by Google Books "Back to Life" by Philip Gibbs is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative unfolds in the aftermath of World War I, capturing the experiences of soldiers and civilians during the liberation of Lille, France. The story focuses on characters like Wickham Brand, a war correspondent, and his interactions with the local population that has endured years of German occupation, portraying their mixed emotions of joy, relief, and deep-seated resentment towards their oppressors. The opening of the book establishes a vivid scene as the protagonist recalls the day of Lille's liberation after four years of war. Brand and his fellow officers experience a tumultuous arrival into the city, where civilians greet them with tears of joy and gratitude, but also with tales filled with bitterness and suffering under German rule. The emotional weight of the narrative is heightened by Brand's reflections on the character of his friend Wickham Brand, who, despite the joy of liberation, is burdened by the trauma of war and the collective memories of those who suffered. The mix of exultation and haunting recollections of hardship provides a poignant backdrop for the unfolding story of healing and the quest for understanding in the aftermath of conflict. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 616219 616220 2024-10-21T06:13:19.985189 2023-09-22T03:59:22.629275 text/html text/html 646007 2021-02-25T09:14:58 text/html; charset=utf-8 213362 2021-02-25T09:15:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 281180 2024-10-21T06:13:29.289105 application/epub+zip 292278 2024-10-21T06:13:22.294154 application/epub+zip 292278 2024-10-21T06:13:20.912122 application/epub+zip 489478 2024-10-21T06:13:34.654091 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 449274 2024-10-21T06:13:28.372125 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 423856 2022-09-22T19:01:07.700381 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 513996 513927 2024-10-21T06:13:18.321153 2023-09-22T03:59:21.126262 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 523874 2016-11-06T13:07:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 201556 2016-11-06T13:08:42 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 514028 2015-11-19T09:21:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 200099 2015-11-19T09:22:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21520 2024-10-21T06:13:34.788079 application/rdf+xml 9502 2024-10-21T06:13:21.474137 image/jpeg 2740 2024-10-21T06:13:21.191135 image/jpeg 271220 2024-10-21T06:13:20.035133 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