Project Gutenberg 2014-02-04 Public domain in the USA. 146 Noyes, Alfred 1880 1958 15018036 Rada: A Belgian Christmas Eve Produced by Charlene Taylor, Paul Clark and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Rada: A Belgian Christmas Eve" by Alfred Noyes is a dramatic play written during the early 20th century, specifically during the tumultuous period of World War I. The work explores the themes of war, humanity, and the struggle for love and survival amid chaos, centering around the impact of conflict on personal lives during a Christmas Eve setting. The narrative unfolds in a Belgian village occupied by German soldiers, where Rada, the wife of a village doctor, struggles to protect her young daughter Bettine from the brutal realities of war. As soldiers occupy their home, Rada grapples with fear and despair, revealing the human cost of conflict. The story is enhanced by the character of Nanko, an old schoolmaster who mistakenly believes it is always Christmas Eve, symbolizing innocence amid devastation. The tension escalates as the soldiers entertain dark intentions, testifying to the horrors of war, yet through the power of a Christmas carol played on a gramophone, a flicker of hope for humanity and peace emerges, suggesting that even in the darkest moments, the spirit of compassion and love can prevail. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44829/44829-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 86.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en World War, 1914-1918 -- Drama PR Text Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: History - Modern (1750+) 113622 2025-08-18T08:07:05.261557 text/html 93842 2024-10-24T02:16:27 text/html 505695 2025-08-18T08:07:09.213496 application/epub+zip 505210 2025-08-18T08:07:06.125543 application/epub+zip 101999 2025-08-18T08:07:05.682530 application/epub+zip 561815 2025-08-18T08:07:11.176509 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 588437 2025-08-18T08:07:08.684542 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 185662 2022-09-20T13:06:15.251853 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 67534 2025-08-18T08:07:04.646588 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 47618 2024-10-24T02:16:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16236 2025-08-18T08:07:11.317497 application/rdf+xml 17406 2025-08-18T08:07:05.773508 image/jpeg 2574 2025-08-18T08:07:05.728508 image/jpeg 490919 2025-08-18T08:07:05.283507 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