Project Gutenberg 2005-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 218 Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin) 1894 1962 Cummings, Edward Estlin The Enormous Room Reading ease score: 69.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Eric Eldred, Thomas Berger, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Enormous Room" by E. E. Cummings is a novel written during the early 20th century, specifically amidst the backdrop of World War I. The narrative follows the experiences of a young American, Edward Estlin Cummings, as he navigates the challenges and absurdities faced while volunteering as an ambulance driver in France. The book explores themes of war, identity, and the clash of cultures, delving into Cummings' interactions with both American and French soldiers. At the start of the novel, the protagonist recounts his time with the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps, illustrating the tensions between himself and his commanding officer, Mr. A. Following a series of misunderstandings and the sudden intrusion of a mysterious French officer, Cummings finds himself removed from his section, leading to a whirlwind journey that lands him in a prison cell under suspicion due to his friendship with another American, B. The opening portion introduces the bureaucratic chaos of wartime France, vividly depicting Cummings’ frustrations and his reflections on camaraderie, cultural differences, and the surreal reality of war, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of identity and the human spirit in the face of adversity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Autobiographical fiction War stories France -- Fiction Americans -- France -- Fiction World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Fiction Concentration camp inmates -- Fiction Concentration camps -- Fiction Ambulance drivers -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 606479 606480 2024-10-04T07:22:47.701897 2023-10-04T07:10:10.820274 text/html text/html 626303 2021-08-01T09:02:24 text/html; charset=utf-8 528399 2021-08-01T09:04:31 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 359810 2024-10-04T07:22:55.343343 application/epub+zip 359532 2024-10-04T07:22:49.143924 application/epub+zip 314499 2024-10-04T07:22:48.238872 application/epub+zip 529126 2024-10-04T07:23:00.600341 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 491532 2024-10-04T07:22:54.820364 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 446820 2022-09-04T10:27:02.637810 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 577946 577891 2024-10-04T07:22:46.588885 2023-10-04T07:10:09.789239 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 577721 2021-08-01T09:03:41 text/plain; charset=utf-8 230099 2021-08-01T09:04:08 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 21954 2024-10-04T07:23:01.064300 application/rdf+xml 22458 2024-10-04T07:22:48.664880 image/jpeg 3472 2024-10-04T07:22:48.439868 image/jpeg 527628 2024-10-04T07:22:47.759880 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