Project Gutenberg 2021-04-23 Public domain in the USA. 193 Deeping, Warwick 1877 1950 Deeping, George Warwick The House of Adventure Mardi Desjardins & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at https://www.pgdpcanada.net from page images generously made available by the Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "The House of Adventure" by Warwick Deeping is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Paul Brent, a weary and cynical soldier who becomes intertwined in the desolation of France post-World War I, particularly in the ruined village of Beaucourt. As Brent navigates his inner turmoil and the aftermath of war, he encounters themes of loss, identity, and the quest for meaning, particularly through the lens of his friendship with a fellow soldier, Tom Beckett. At the start of the book, readers are introduced to the somber setting, where two soldiers lay exhausted in an orchard, with one of them, Tom, tragically dead. The opening describes Brent’s slow awakening to a grim reality and the memories of his life before the war. Overcome by grief and exhaustion, he reflects on their shared struggles and ultimately decides to bury Tom, adopting his identity in a desperate attempt for a fresh start. This transformative moment is punctuated by his encounter with Manon Latour, the cafe owner, revealing a path towards resilience amidst ruin as both characters grapple with their own shattered pasts and uncertain futures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en British -- France -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Villages -- France -- Fiction Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- France -- Fiction PR Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels Category: British Literature 698990 2025-06-26T04:08:25.502074 text/html 682351 2024-10-18T13:16:57 text/html 494131 2025-06-26T04:08:33.176022 application/epub+zip 510619 2025-06-26T04:08:26.535069 application/epub+zip 334997 2025-06-26T04:08:26.006029 application/epub+zip 707674 2025-06-26T04:08:38.406007 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 663450 2025-06-26T04:08:32.604021 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 488311 2022-09-29T10:23:51.025113 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 610446 2025-06-26T04:08:23.551024 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 590550 2024-10-18T13:16:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17250 2025-06-26T04:08:38.530950 application/rdf+xml 14959 2025-06-26T04:08:26.136053 image/jpeg 2010 2025-06-26T04:08:26.071039 image/jpeg 574653 2025-06-26T04:08:25.557071 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