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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815211603321

Autore

Durkin Douglas

Titolo

The magpie / / Douglas Durkin ; with an introduction by Peter E. Rider

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1974

©1974

ISBN

1-4426-5406-6

1-4426-3850-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 pages)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

355.02

Soggetti

War

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Introduction; PART ONE: MARION; CHAPTER I; CHAPTER II; ONE; TWO; THREE; FOUR; FIVE; CHAPTER III; ONE; TWO; CHAPTER IV; ONE; TWO; THREE; FOUR; FIVE; CHAPTER V; ONE; TWO; THREE; FOUR; SIX; CHAPTER VI; ONE; TWO; THREE; FOUR; FIVE; SIX; PART TWO: MARTHA; CHAPTER I; ONE; TWO; THREE; FOUR; FIVE; SIX; CHAPTER II; ONE; TWO; THREE; FOUR; FIVE; SIX; SEVEN; EIGHT; NINE; TEN; CHAPTER III; ONE; TWO; THREE; FOUR; FIVE; SIX; CHAPTER IV; ONE; TWO; THREE; FIVE; CHAPTER V; ONE; TWO; FOUR; FIVE; SIX; SEVEN; EIGHT; NINE; TEN; CHAPTER VI; ONE; TWO; THREE; FOUR; FIVE; SIX; SEVEN; EIGHT; NINE.

PART THREE: THE MADMANCHAPTER I; ONE; TWO; THREE; FOUR; FIVE; SIX; SEVEN; EIGHT; CHAPTER II; ONE; TWO; THREE; FOUR; FIVE; SIX; SEVEN; CHAPTER III; ONE; TWO; THREE; FOUR; FIVE; SIX; SEVEN; EIGHT; NINE; TEN; ELEVEN; TWELVE; THIRTEEN; CHAPTER IV; ONE; THREE; FOUR; CHAPTER V; ONE; TWO; THREE; FOUR.

Sommario/riassunto

Originally published in 1923, The Magpie is an articulate and perceptive work which provides an accurate description of the disillusionment that developed after the war when it became apparent that many of the government's promises of social reform were not going to be fulfilled.