Project Gutenberg 2024-08-14 Public domain in the USA. 339 Stern, G. B. (Gladys Bronwyn) 1890 1973 Stern, Gladys Bronwyn Stern, Gladys Bertha Holdsworth, Gladys Bronwyn Holdsworth, Gladys Bertha Children of No Man's Land $aLondon :$bDuckworth & Co., $c1919. Also published under title: Debatable ground. MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Children of No Man’s Land" by G. B. Stern is a novel written in the early 20th century, first published in 1919. It explores themes of youth, identity, and cultural tensions against the backdrop of the early years of World War I. The book introduces us to the Marcus family, particularly focusing on siblings Deborah and Richard as they navigate their experiences in a small, stifling German town, Dorzheim, while grappling with personal conflicts and societal expectations. The opening of the novel presents a vivid tableau of familial dynamics, highlighting the contrasting views of freedom and responsibility between the characters, particularly between the older generation, represented by Hermann Marcus, and the younger ones, Ferdinand and Stella. As Deborah prepares to visit her young German friend Lothar, Richard shows disdain for being uprooted from their holiday in Switzerland. The narrative reveals Richard's internal struggles with national identity as they confront the realities of their heritage amid growing tensions due to the war. Scenes of lively debates about literature between the boys further emphasize the differences in cultural upbringing and perspectives, setting the stage for the central themes of the novel surrounding generational conflict, cultural identity, and the impending societal changes brought on by the war. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/childrenofnomans00steriala 20211028015645stern 1919 GB Reading ease score: 73.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en World War, 1914-1918 -- England -- Fiction English fiction -- 20th century PR Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels 868871 2025-06-29T09:52:10.249819 text/html 844489 2024-08-20T08:35:07 text/html 657787 2025-06-29T09:52:21.131792 application/epub+zip 653548 2025-06-29T09:52:12.224789 application/epub+zip 499134 2025-06-29T09:52:11.170803 application/epub+zip 1165967 2025-06-29T09:52:28.057774 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1102310 2025-06-29T09:52:20.150758 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 811817 2025-06-29T09:52:08.331813 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 791921 2024-08-20T08:35:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16459 2025-06-29T09:52:28.197790 application/rdf+xml 11430 2025-06-29T09:52:11.453794 image/jpeg 1915 2025-06-29T09:52:11.311799 image/jpeg 879335 2025-06-29T09:52:10.323805 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