Under Fire: The Story of a Squad: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Under Fire: The Story of a Squad, credited to Henri Barbusse, 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 Under Fire: The Story of a Squad by Henri Barbusse. (Translated by William Fitzwater Wray.) Read in English by Beth Thomas; Jim Locke; Lynne T; Celine Major; Joseph McWombie; Mike Pelton; Roger Melin; Romano; Anna Simon An English translation of the French World War I novel "Le Feu", written by a French soldier and dedicated to "the memory of the comrades who fell by my side at Crony and on Hill 119." Barbusse was invalided out of the army after 17 months in 1915, and given a clerical job, during which time he penned this work. He was greatly influenced by the Russian Revolution and joined the communist party. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

Recording facts

• Recording title: Under Fire: The Story of a Squad
• Author credits: Henri Barbusse
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 28
• Listed recording duration: 12:19:31

Catalogue topics

• World War I
• war
• France
• Army
• military campaign

Opening tracks: first 24 of 28

1. 01 - The Vision — 8:08
2. 02 - In the Earth part 1 — 40:42
3. 03 - In the Earth part 2 — 48:16
4. 04 - The Return — 9:34
5. 05 - Volpatte and Fouillade — 17:24
6. 06 - Sanctuary — 50:31
7. 07 - Habits — 11:41
8. 08 - Entraining — 17:26
9. 09 - On Leave — 16:26
10. 10 - The Anger of Volpatte — 41:08
11. 11 - Argoval — 5:05
12. 12 - The Dog — 30:57
13. 13 - The Doorway part 1 — 32:09
14. 14 - The Doorway part 2 — 20:42
15. 15 - The Big Words — 3:22
16. 16 - Of Burdens — 37:41
17. 17 - The Egg — 6:10
18. 18 - An Idyll — 9:48
19. 19 - The Sap — 6:54
20. 20 - A Box of Matches — 11:55
21. 21 - Bombardment — 35:10
22. 22 - Under Fire part 1 — 46:48
23. 23 - Under Fire part 2 — 25:49
24. 24 - Under Fire part 3 — 45:13

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