Project Gutenberg 2006-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 71 Bagnold, Enid 1889 1981 Jones, Enid Bagnold, Lady The Happy Foreigner Reading ease score: 82.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Suzanne Shell, Charlie Kirschner and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Happy Foreigner" by Enid Bagnold is a novel written in the early 20th century, post World War I. The story revolves around Fanny, a young Englishwoman who arrives in France at the dawn of peace, seeking adventure as a driver for the French Army amidst the ruins of war. The opening of the book introduces Fanny as she arrives in Bar-le-Duc, a town recovering from the war's devastation. Alone and weary from her journey, she navigates her new surroundings with determination, grappling with the loneliness that accompanies her purpose. The narrative paints a vivid picture of her experiences in an uninviting and muddy environment, describing her interactions with American officers and other characters who add complexity to her solitary journey. As she settles into the 'black hut', her new home, her resilience shines through as she prepares to take on her role in this foreign land. The opening sets the tone for Fanny's exploration of self amidst external chaos, hinting at the themes of independence, hardship, and the search for belonging that will unfold throughout the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 429801 429675 2024-10-04T12:49:45.586807 2023-10-05T04:36:24.610007 text/html text/html 429794 429668 2024-10-04T12:49:45.873838 2023-10-05T04:36:24.817000 text/html text/html 223968 2024-10-04T12:49:53.839784 application/epub+zip 229630 2024-10-04T12:49:47.862817 application/epub+zip 229630 2024-10-04T12:49:46.615833 application/epub+zip 411692 2024-10-04T12:49:58.379777 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 376068 2024-10-04T12:49:53.029835 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 348933 2022-09-05T06:22:27.259002 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 375953 375878 2024-10-04T12:49:44.987861 2023-10-05T04:36:24.253990 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 375806 2020-12-27T06:44:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 145874 2020-12-27T06:44:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 375808 2020-12-27T06:44:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 145764 2020-12-27T06:44:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20708 2024-10-04T12:49:58.510743 application/rdf+xml 12440 2024-10-04T12:49:47.158798 image/jpeg 3339 2024-10-04T12:49:46.887814 image/jpeg 218808 2024-10-04T12:49:45.908834 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