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Le Feu

Henri Barbusse · 1916

Original text in French. In English: Under Fire.

The war seen from below and without anything heroic: the mud, the waiting, the hunger and the assault, from the side of those who endure them.

Novel · 25 parts · about 109 000 words · about 7 h 53 of reading

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Contents

  1. Ouverture1 min
  2. I LA VISION5 min
  3. II DANS LA TERRE56 min
  4. III LA DESCENTE6 min
  5. IV VOLPATTE ET FOUILLADE11 min
  6. V L’ASILE33 min
  7. VI HABITUDES7 min
  8. VII EMBARQUEMENT12 min
  9. VIII LA PERMISSION12 min
  10. IX LA GRANDE COLÈRE28 min
  11. X ARGOVAL3 min
  12. XI LE CHIEN20 min
  13. XII LE PORTIQUE34 min
  14. XIII LES GROS MOTS2 min
  15. XIV LE BARDA24 min
  16. XV L’ŒUF3 min
  17. XVI IDYLLE6 min
  18. XVII LA SAPE4 min
  19. XVIII LES ALLUMETTES7 min
  20. XIX BOMBARDEMENT22 min
  21. XX LE FEU1 h 19
  22. XXI LE POSTE DE SECOURS26 min
  23. XXII LA VIRÉE11 min
  24. XXIII LA CORVÉE25 min
  25. XXIV L’AUBE36 min

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Henri Barbusse († 1935): public-domain work. The text is that of the Project Gutenberg e-book (no. 48212). Erostrate has not changed a single word: only the layout and the division into pages are ours.

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