Project Gutenberg 2009-02-15 Public domain in the USA. 265 Galsworthy, John 1867 1933 Sinjohn, John 20005770 Tatterdemalion E-text prepared by D. Alexander, Barbara Kosker, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from digital material generously made available by Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org/index.php) "Tatterdemalion" by John Galsworthy is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around the experiences of a frail widow living in southern France during World War I, whose life is intricately tied to her forgotten past and her compassionate deeds for the soldiers affected by the war. At the start of the novel, the main character, an elderly widow referred to as "Madame", is introduced in a quiet town where she has settled amidst the turmoil of the war. Despite her physical frailty and the emotional toll the conflict takes on her, she remains devoted to knitting comforts for soldiers and eagerly visiting hospitals to offer small gifts and companionship. Her interactions with her maid, Augustine, and the soldiers reveal her inner strength and commitment to helping others, even in severe personal circumstances. The opening sets a tone of resilience and compassion against a backdrop of war and longing, hinting at the broader themes of human connection and the costs of conflict. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: British Literature 424062 2025-06-11T14:14:26.348229 text/html 425269 2009-02-15T12:32:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 175065 2009-02-15T12:34:49 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 246579 2025-06-11T14:14:35.755133 application/epub+zip 250426 2025-06-11T14:14:29.102202 application/epub+zip 243456 2025-06-11T14:14:27.460273 application/epub+zip 409178 2025-06-11T14:14:40.318127 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 372984 2025-06-11T14:14:34.484173 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 329840 2022-09-13T06:55:02.503144 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 376645 2025-06-11T14:14:25.275223 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 376208 2009-02-15T12:27:57 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 150406 2009-02-15T12:27:57 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 376216 2009-02-15T12:27:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 150315 2009-02-15T12:27:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20424 2025-06-11T14:14:40.473116 application/rdf+xml 11487 2025-06-11T14:14:28.064181 image/jpeg 3117 2025-06-11T14:14:27.767200 image/jpeg 235642 2025-06-11T14:14:26.388210 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia