Henry Fleming is the narrator and hero of which 1894 war novel?
"he changed something, he would rewrite the whole page. He later moved to New York City, where he completed the novel in April 1894. The title of Crane's original, 55,000-word manuscript was ""Private Fleming/His various battles"", but in order to create the sense of a less traditional Civil War narrative, he ultimately changed the title to ""The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War"". In early 1894, Crane submitted the manuscript to S. S. McClure, who held on to it for six months without publication. Frustrated, the author asked for the manuscript to be returned, after"
"narration from the text to move the plot forward. Audie Murphy, a hero of World War II who later went into acting, played the lead role of Henry Fleming. Other actors include cartoonist Bill Mauldin, Andy Devine, Arthur Hunnicutt and Royal Dano. The plot is based on the book with fewer bloody details. A regiment of Union soldiers head South to engage Confederate forces. Joining them is Henry Fleming (Audie Murphy), a green private sent into battle for the first time. He is unprepared for the fight, but by the time battle breaks out, he finds his endurance and courage"
"were released by Heinemann in early 1896 as part of its Pioneer Series. In 1982, W. W. Norton & Company published a version of the novel based on Crane's original 1894 manuscript of 55,000 words. Edited by Henry Binder, this version is questioned by those who believe Crane made the original edits for the 1895 Appleton edition on his own accord. Since its initial publication, the novel has never gone out of print. On a cold day, the fictional 304th New York Infantry Regiment awaits battle beside a river. Eighteen-year-old Private Henry Fleming, remembering his romantic reasons for enlisting as"
"A Farewell to Arms A Farewell to Arms is a novel by Ernest Hemingway set during the Italian campaign of World War I. First published in 1929, it is a first-person account of an American, Frederic Henry, serving as a lieutenant (""tenente"") in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army. The title is taken from a poem by the 16th-century English dramatist George Peele. The novel, set against the backdrop of World War I, describes a love affair between the expatriate Henry and an English nurse, Catherine Barkley. Its publication ensured Hemingway's place as a modern American writer of considerable"
"in 1864 while in battle with the 52nd Regiment of Foot at Kensington on 10 February. Henry Curling (novelist) Henry Curling (1803 – 10 February 1864, Kensington) was a novelist and captain in the 52nd Regiment of Foot, a light infantry unit in the British Army. Curling's works include ""The Soldier of Fortune"", 1843; ""Shakespeare, a Romance"", 1848; and ""Recollections of Rifleman Harris"", 1848. Many common foot soldiers during the period 1803–1815 were unable to create an account of events they encountered because of their illiteracy. ""Recollections of Rifleman Harris"" provides an account of Benjamin Randell Harris, a common soldier"
"The Great War of 1892 The Great War of 1892 was a story of the genre termed ""Invasion Literature"" written by Admiral Philip Howard Colomb in which he taught to alert Britain to what he saw as the weakness of the Royal Navy. It was published in the ""Black and White"" magazine, a weekly publication which focussed on the exploits of Britain's Army and Navy. It was a collaboration between Colomb and several experienced journalists and had been prompted by the success of ""The Battle of Dorking"". Its success led directly to the commissioning of George Griffith's futuristic fantasy ""The"
"Angel of the Revolution"". The Great War of 1892 The Great War of 1892 was a story of the genre termed ""Invasion Literature"" written by Admiral Philip Howard Colomb in which he taught to alert Britain to what he saw as the weakness of the Royal Navy. It was published in the ""Black and White"" magazine, a weekly publication which focussed on the exploits of Britain's Army and Navy. It was a collaboration between Colomb and several experienced journalists and had been prompted by the success of ""The Battle of Dorking"". Its success led directly to the commissioning of George"
"reading, as well as the concluding sentence of chapter nine, which refers to the sun as ""fierce wafer"" in the sky. John Berryman was one of the first critics to interpret the novel as a modern wasteland through which the protagonist plays the role of an Everyman. Still others read the novel as having a Naturalist structure, comparing the work to those by Theodore Dreiser, Frank Norris and Jack London. As the title of the work suggests, the main theme of the novel deals with Henry Fleming's attempt to prove himself a worthy soldier by earning his ""red badge of"
"character's psyche and his reactions and responses in war. It is believed that Crane based the fictional battle in the novel on that of Chancellorsville; he may also have interviewed veterans of the 124th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, commonly known as the Orange Blossoms, in Port Jervis, New York. Told in a third-person limited point of view, it reflects the private experience of Henry Fleming, a young soldier who flees from combat. ""The Red Badge of Courage"" is notable in its vivid descriptions and well-cadenced prose, both of which help create suspense within the story. Similarly, by substituting epithets"
"War- (1929) and ""Behind the Lines"" (1930). Morris served in the British army during the war. ""A Farewell to Arms"" is a novel by Ernest Hemingway set during the Italian campaign of World War I. The book, published in 1929, is a first-person account of American Frederic Henry, serving as a lieutenant (""Tenente"") in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army. The novel is about a love affair between the expatriate American Henry and Catherine Barkley against the backdrop of World War I, cynical soldiers, fighting and the displacement of populations. The publication of ""A Farewell to Arms"" cemented Hemingway's"
"Berry Fleming Berry Fleming (19 March 1899 - 15 September 1989) was an American novelist. He is best known for his 1943 novel ""Colonel Effingham's Raid"". Fleming was born in Augusta, Georgia and lived in that city for most of his life. In 1922 he graduated from Harvard University and in 1923 he worked as a reporter for an Augusta newspaper. In 1924 he moved to New York City to pursue his career as a writer. His first novel, ""The Conqueror's Stone"", was published in 1927. He enjoyed a considerable amount of success with a series of novels in the"
"first novel was ""The Great War in England in 1897"" (1894) and he went on to publish from one to twelve novels a year until his death in 1927. His work was regularly serialised in newspapers, particularly the ""Daily Mail"", and attracted many readers. It is believed Ian Fleming's James Bond character was inspired by Le Queux's agent ""Duckworth Drew"". In some ways ""The Great War"" can be considered an antithesis to ""The Battle of Dorking"" – with the one ending for Britain in sombre and irrevocable defeat and decline, while in the other the invasion of London is pushed"
"August 1964. The last two books—""The Man with the Golden Gun"" and ""Octopussy and The Living Daylights""—were published posthumously. Fleming based his creation on a number of individuals he came across during his time in the Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War, admitting that Bond ""was a compound of all the secret agents and commando types I met during the war"". Among those types were his brother, Peter, whom Fleming worshipped and who had been involved in behind the lines operations in Norway and Greece during the war. Aside from Fleming's brother, a number of others also provided"
"the American Civil War and how he won the Medal of Honor. During his travels Flashman meets people who took part in 19th-century events, including Queen Victoria, Abraham Lincoln, Otto von Bismarck, Oscar Wilde and Florence Nightingale, and he is involved as a participant in some of the century's most notable events, including the Indian Rebellion, the Taiping Rebellion, the charge of the Light Brigade, the Siege of Khartoum, John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry and the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Flashman died in 1915, although the details are unknown. Flashman also appears in another book by Fraser, ""Mr"
"was the late music critic and editor Shirley Fleming. Berry Fleming Berry Fleming (19 March 1899 - 15 September 1989) was an American novelist. He is best known for his 1943 novel ""Colonel Effingham's Raid"". Fleming was born in Augusta, Georgia and lived in that city for most of his life. In 1922 he graduated from Harvard University and in 1923 he worked as a reporter for an Augusta newspaper. In 1924 he moved to New York City to pursue his career as a writer. His first novel, ""The Conqueror's Stone"", was published in 1927. He enjoyed a considerable amount"
"The Battle of Dorking The Battle of Dorking: Reminiscences of a Volunteer is an 1871 novella by George Tomkyns Chesney, starting the genre of invasion literature and an important precursor of science fiction. Written just after the Prussian victory in the Franco-Prussian War, it describes an invasion of Britain by a German-speaking country referred to in oblique terms as The Other Power or The Enemy. Chesney was a captain in the Royal Engineers and had grown concerned over the ramshackle state of Britain's armed forces. He used fiction as a device to promulgate his views after letters and journalism on"
"useful to anyone researching or simply reading about the ordinary soldier in the Union army. Reed's drawings add a great deal to the text. Billings has been described as a skilful writer, both humorous and informative. The historian Henry Steele Commager called the work ""one of the most entertaining of all civil war books"". Hard Tack and Coffee Hard Tack and Coffee: The Unwritten Story of Army Life (1887) is a memoir by John D. Billings. Billings was a veteran of the 10th Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery Battery in the American Civil War. Originally published in 1888, ""Hard Tack and"
"Thomas Fleming (historian) Thomas James Fleming (July 5, 1927 – July 23, 2017) was an American historian and historical novelist and the author of over forty nonfiction and fiction titles. His work reflects a particular interest on the American Revolution, with titles such as ""Liberty! The American Revolution And The Future Of America, Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the History of America"" and ""Washington's Secret War: The Hidden History of Valley Forge"". A native of Jersey City, New Jersey, Fleming graduated from St. Peter's Preparatory School and from Fordham University in 1950, serving a year in the United States"
"American"", age 88, while his father was one of the financial backers of the bare-knuckle boxer Tom Molineaux in ""Black Ajax"". Notes References The Flashman Papers The Flashman Papers is a series of novels and short stories written by George MacDonald Fraser, the first of which was published in 1969. The books centre on the exploits of the fictional protagonist Harry Flashman. He is a cowardly British soldier, rake and cad who is placed in a series of real historical incidents between 1839 and 1894. While the incidents and much of the detail in the novels have a factual background,"
"on March 22, 2019. The Good Shepherd (novel) The Good Shepherd (1955) is a nautical and war novel by C.S. Forester, best known as the creator of fictional Royal Navy officer Horatio Hornblower. The hero of ""The Good Shepherd"" is Commander Krause, the captain of the fictional US Navy ""Mahan""-class destroyer USS ""Keeling"" in World War II. Krause is in overall command of an escort force protecting an Atlantic convoy in the Battle of the Atlantic. He finds himself in a difficult position. The voyage in question occurs early in 1942, shortly after America's entry into the war. Although he"
"The Great War in England in 1897 The Great War in England in 1897 was written by William Le Queux and published in 1894. Le Queux's work is an early example of Invasion literature genre, which began with ""The Battle of Dorking"" in 1871, where the British are soundly defeated by an invading German army. ""The Battle of Dorking"" was written by army veteran George Tomkyns Chesney, originally as a warning against the further demobilisation of the British armed forces. Le Queux's novel depicts Britain being invaded by coalition forces led by France and Russia, who make several early advances,"
"The Good Shepherd (novel) The Good Shepherd (1955) is a nautical and war novel by C.S. Forester, best known as the creator of fictional Royal Navy officer Horatio Hornblower. The hero of ""The Good Shepherd"" is Commander Krause, the captain of the fictional US Navy ""Mahan""-class destroyer USS ""Keeling"" in World War II. Krause is in overall command of an escort force protecting an Atlantic convoy in the Battle of the Atlantic. He finds himself in a difficult position. The voyage in question occurs early in 1942, shortly after America's entry into the war. Although he is a career Navy"
"than for me to say what I don't believe. Death of a Hero Death of a Hero is a World War I novel by Richard Aldington. It was his first novel, published by Chatto & Windus in 1929, and thought to be partly autobiographical. ""Death of a Hero"" is the story of a young English artist named George Winterbourne who enlists in the army at the beginning of World War I. The book is narrated by an unnamed first-person narrator who claims to have known and served with the main character. It is divided into three parts. The first part"
"John Bell Hood, and Robert E. Lee. After the war, Francis Fleming studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1868, becoming a partner in the firm of Fleming and Daniel, later Fleming and Fleming. In 1871, he married Floride Lydia Pearson, the daughter of Florida Supreme Court justice Bird M. Pearson. Together the couple had three children: Francis Philip Jr., Elizabeth Fleming, and Charles Seton. Francis P. Fleming authored a book memorializing his brother, titled ""The Florida Troops/A Memoir of Captain C. Seton Fleming C.S.A."", originally published by Times-Union Publishing House, Jacksonville, Florida, 1884. Its preface includes: ""The"
"on the corrupt local politicians to not replace the historic county courthouse. Fleming based his novel on the Cracker Party and political corruption in Richmond County, Georgia. Newly retired United States Army Colonel William Seaborn Effingham (Charles Coburn) returns to his home town of Fredericksville, Georgia, in 1940. He meets his second cousin, once removed, Albert Marbury (William Eythe), a reporter for the ""Leader"" newspaper. The next day, Confederate Memorial Day, Mayor Bill Silk (Thurston Hall) announces he intends to rename the town Confederate Monument Square after an undistinguished deceased politician named Pud Toolen. Effingham persuades a reluctant Earl Hoats"
"Henry Curling (novelist) Henry Curling (1803 – 10 February 1864, Kensington) was a novelist and captain in the 52nd Regiment of Foot, a light infantry unit in the British Army. Curling's works include ""The Soldier of Fortune"", 1843; ""Shakespeare, a Romance"", 1848; and ""Recollections of Rifleman Harris"", 1848. Many common foot soldiers during the period 1803–1815 were unable to create an account of events they encountered because of their illiteracy. ""Recollections of Rifleman Harris"" provides an account of Benjamin Randell Harris, a common soldier in the British army. Harris was part of the 95th Rifles Regiment, a highly regarded regiment"
"thing in ""Es War"" is the friendship between the two men—so different in temperament and so passionately devoted to each other. A large group of characters is splendidly kept in hand, and each is individual and clearly drawn. One can never forget the gluttonous, wine-bibbling Parson, who comes eating and drinking, but who is a terror to publicans and sinners. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer adapted the novel into the 1926 film ""Flesh and the Devil"". The film was directed by Clarence Brown and starred Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Lars Hanson and Barbara Kent. The Undying Past The Undying Past is an 1894 novel"
"war novel"". The book was released as Audio book by Blackstone Audio in December 2005 and was narrated by Anna Fields, better known as Kate Fleming. ""Kirkus reviews"" called the novel a ""beautifully composed, unflinching and harrowing story"". Nicholas Dinka in their ""Quill & Quire"" review mentions that the novel has ""much decency and intelligence"" and both the stories of the novel are ""entirely plausible"" but criticises for ""remarkable dourness of its prose"". While Dennis Lythgoe of ""Deseret News"" noted that ""Bergen's book lives and breathes the Vietnam experience""; Ron Charles in his ""The Washington Post"" review mentioned that ""Bergen's"
"and in the aftermath, the nations of chastened humanity are drawn together. The Great War in England in 1897 The Great War in England in 1897 was written by William Le Queux and published in 1894. Le Queux's work is an early example of Invasion literature genre, which began with ""The Battle of Dorking"" in 1871, where the British are soundly defeated by an invading German army. ""The Battle of Dorking"" was written by army veteran George Tomkyns Chesney, originally as a warning against the further demobilisation of the British armed forces. Le Queux's novel depicts Britain being invaded by"
"placed ""Springhaven"" second only to ""The Maid of Sker"" as his best novel. Springhaven Springhaven: a tale of the Great War is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1887. It is set in Sussex during the time of the Napoleonic Wars, and revolves around the plots of the villainous Captain Caryl Carne who attempts to aid a French invasion. ""Springhaven"" is set in Sussex during the Napoleonic Wars. It is called ""a Tale of the Great War,"" because Nelson and Napoleon are brought conspicuously on the scene, which is laid in the years preceding and following the"
"The Flashman Papers The Flashman Papers is a series of novels and short stories written by George MacDonald Fraser, the first of which was published in 1969. The books centre on the exploits of the fictional protagonist Harry Flashman. He is a cowardly British soldier, rake and cad who is placed in a series of real historical incidents between 1839 and 1894. While the incidents and much of the detail in the novels have a factual background, Flashman's actions in the stories are either fictional, or Fraser uses the actions of unidentified individuals and assigns them to Flashman. Flashman is"
"Moorcock's ""Before Armageddon: An Anthology of Victorian and Edwardian Imaginative Fiction Published Before 1914"" (1975). The Battle of Dorking The Battle of Dorking: Reminiscences of a Volunteer is an 1871 novella by George Tomkyns Chesney, starting the genre of invasion literature and an important precursor of science fiction. Written just after the Prussian victory in the Franco-Prussian War, it describes an invasion of Britain by a German-speaking country referred to in oblique terms as The Other Power or The Enemy. Chesney was a captain in the Royal Engineers and had grown concerned over the ramshackle state of Britain's armed forces."
"who managed the Tate & Lyle plantations in West Indies after the war and the book's main villain, Francisco Scaramanga, was named after George Scaramanga, an Etonian contemporary of Fleming's: the pair are said to have fought at school. The effects of the two Eon Productions Bond films released prior to the writing of the novel (""Dr. No"" and ""From Russia with Love"") were reflected in the novel through the increased number of gadgets used. One of these was the poison gun used in the scene of the attempted assassination of M. The idea was taken from the story of"