The Battle of Dorking by George Tomkyns Chesney
"The Battle of Dorking" by George Tomkyns Chesney is a novella published in 1871. Written just after Prussia's victory in the Franco-Prussian War, it tells the story of a German-speaking nation's invasion of Britain through the eyes of an elderly veteran recounting the events to his grandchildren. The narrative depicts Britain's ill-prepared forces facing a swift, superior enemy at Dorking, Surrey. The novella launched the invasion literature genre and became an important
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| Author | Chesney, George Tomkyns, 1830-1895 |
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| Author of introduction, etc. | Powell, G. H. (George Herbert), 1856-1924 |
| LoC No. | 14017820 |
| Title | The Battle of Dorking |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_Dorking |
| Credits | E-text prepared by Tim Lindell, Martin Pettit, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (archive.org) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 67.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Fantasy fiction |
| Subject | War stories |
| Subject | Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 65882 |
| Release Date | Jul 20, 2021 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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