Project Gutenberg 2017-02-20 Public domain in the USA. 198 Waugh, Alec 1898 1981 Waugh, Alexander Raban Roussel, R. T. 19014556 The Prisoners of Mainz Produced by Chuck Greif, MWS 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.) "The Prisoners of Mainz" by Alec Waugh is a novel written in the early 20th century. It recounts the experiences of officers who were captured during World War I and held in a German prison camp. The narrative explores themes of captivity, camaraderie, and the absurdities faced by soldiers in war, focusing particularly on their daily lives and challenges in confinement. At the start of the book, we are introduced to the harsh conditions of war, depicted through the memories of a soldier as his unit faces a gas attack on March 21, 1918. The opening segments delve into his experiences on the front lines, illustrating a mix of tension and uneventfulness, before shifting to the moment of his capture by German forces. The tone is both serious and reflective, combining the grim realities of war with moments of dark humor as the protagonist adjusts to being a prisoner. The narrative highlights the complexities of human interactions in a wartime setting, setting the stage for deeper character explorations and the bonding over shared hardships experienced in the prison camp. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 69.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, German D501 Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels Category: British Literature Category: History - Warfare 377219 2025-07-21T13:13:17.266618 text/html 347198 2024-10-23T01:46:35 text/html 1844080 2025-07-21T13:13:28.029543 application/epub+zip 1842451 2025-07-21T13:13:20.340589 application/epub+zip 214629 2025-07-21T13:13:18.163580 application/epub+zip 2515246 2025-07-21T13:13:32.617549 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2457236 2025-07-21T13:13:25.333540 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 294044 2022-09-24T17:14:49.876916 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 303062 2025-07-21T13:13:16.384594 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 283172 2024-10-23T01:46:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17456 2025-07-21T13:13:32.774532 application/rdf+xml 23967 2025-07-21T13:13:18.285585 image/jpeg 4110 2025-07-21T13:13:18.216575 image/jpeg 1747497 2025-07-21T13:13:17.466676 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