The Diary of a Dead Officer: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Diary of a Dead Officer by Arthur Graeme West: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 6 original MP3 tracks, 3:43:40 running time and a link to listen.
The Diary of a Dead Officer, credited to Arthur Graeme West, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The Diary of a Dead Officer, by Arthur Graeme West. Read by Ruth Golding. Published posthumously in 1919, this collection of diary entries presents a scathing picture of army life and is said to be one of the most vivid accounts of daily life in the trenches. It chronicles West's increasing disillusion with war and his move toward pacifist and atheist beliefs. The final part consists of his powerful war poems, including God, How I Hate You, You Young Cheerful Men, and Night Patrol. West was killed by a sniper in 1917. In view of some of his poems, one wonders if death was not unwelcome. (Introduction adapted from Wikipedia by Ruth Golding) Details of the source text may be found on the LibriVox catalogue page for this item.
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Diary of a Dead Officer
- Author credits: Arthur Graeme West
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 6
- Listed recording duration: 3:43:40
Catalogue topics
- World War One
- WWI
- war poet
- war poetry
- First World War
- pacifism
- atheism
- pacifist
Track guide
- 0 - Introduction — 15:05
- 1 - Part I: Diary — 28:36
- 2 - Part II: Diary — 1:08:00
- 3 - Part III: Diary — 39:59
- 4 - Part IV: Diary — 32:05
- 5 - Part V: Poems — 39:58
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