Mr. Britling Sees It Through

Life at the writer Mr. Britling's estate in the Essex countryside is idyllic in the summer of 1914. Guests arrive, games are played, and minor love affairs play out. But as Germany is drawn into war, Mr. Britling must grapple with his comfortable world shattering around him-his son enlists, his secretary is killed, and his comfortable assumptions about civilization are challenged.Published in 1916 in the middle of the war, Mr. Britling Sees It Through was an enormous bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic, celebrated for its honest portrayal of civilian experience during wartime.Perfect for readers interested in World War I fiction and the history of the home front, this deeply humanistic novel captures the way ordinary people tried to make sense of an incomprehensible catastrophe.