Project Gutenberg 2021-11-30 Public domain in the USA. 240 Oxenham, John 1852 1941 Dunkerley, William Arthur "1914" $aUnited Kingdom :$bMethien & Co. Ltd.,$c1916. Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "1914" by John Oxenham is a historical fiction novel written in the early 20th century. The story is set on the eve of World War I, focusing on the life of Mr. John Dare, an import-export merchant, who is experiencing unease over his business dealings as political tensions escalate throughout Europe. The narrative explores his family dynamics, particularly concerning his daughter Lois, who is studying music in Germany, and the potential ramifications of the brewing conflict on their lives. The opening of the book introduces us to the quiet morning of July 25, 1914, as Mr. Dare contemplates his growing worries about the impending war and its impact on his business and familial responsibilities. He is anxious about his daughter Lois, who may be in danger due to rising tensions following the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. As he discusses the potential for global conflict with his wife, they plan to bring Lois home, while also revealing the day-to-day familial interactions that highlight the normalcy before chaos. The narrative establishes a backdrop of looming disaster, intertwining personal stakes with the larger historical narrative of the onset of World War I. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/1914oxen00oxenuoft 20200912113710oxenham 1916 gb Reading ease score: 81.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction PR Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels Category: British Literature 641227 2025-06-26T10:29:55.015390 text/html 622030 2024-10-18T17:25:32 text/html 553102 2025-06-26T10:30:05.059357 application/epub+zip 551442 2025-06-26T10:29:57.080377 application/epub+zip 551442 2025-06-26T10:29:56.021387 application/epub+zip 1196499 2025-06-26T10:30:10.959379 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1145879 2025-06-26T10:30:04.073367 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1145832 2022-09-30T04:58:57.123413 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 587376 2025-06-26T10:29:53.550445 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 567496 2024-10-18T17:25:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16730 2025-06-26T10:30:11.312324 application/rdf+xml 11600 2025-06-26T10:29:56.264391 image/jpeg 1651 2025-06-26T10:29:56.140397 image/jpeg 498036 2025-06-26T10:29:55.067383 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