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World War One Reading For A-Level
Storm of Steel (Penguin Modern Classics)Storm of Steel (Penguin Modern Classics) by Ernst Junger
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Good alternative viewpoint
Goodbye to All That (Essential Penguin)Goodbye to All That (Essential Penguin) by Robert Graves
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Interesting images of warfare and trench life
Testament of Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925 (Virago classic non-fiction)Testament of Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925 (Virago classic non-fiction) by Vera Brittain
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A woman's experiences of the war
Letters from a Lost Generation - First World War Letters of Vera Brittain and Four Friends: Roland Leighton, Edward Brittain, Victor Richardson, Geoffrey ThurlowLetters from a Lost Generation - First World War Letters of Vera Brittain and Four Friends: Roland Leighton, Edward Brittain, Victor Richardson, Geoffrey Thurlow
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The letters format makes a nice change
Out in the Dark: Poetry of the First World War in Context and with Basic NotesOut in the Dark: Poetry of the First World War in Context and with Basic Notes
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This is the best poetry anthology that I have found - good notes on individual poems
Deep Cry: First World War Soldier-poets Killed in France and FlandersDeep Cry: First World War Soldier-poets Killed in France and Flanders
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Some previously unheard of poets featured
Never Such Innocence: Poems of the First World War (Everyman)Never Such Innocence: Poems of the First World War (Everyman)
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Gives a comprehensive background and features poems by pilots
The Regeneration Trilogy: Regeneration; The Eye in the Door; The Ghost RoadThe Regeneration Trilogy: Regeneration; The Eye in the Door; The Ghost Road by Pat Barker
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Essential reading - fiction
Journey's End (Penguin Modern Classics)Journey's End (Penguin Modern Classics) by Robert Cedric Sherriff
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A very moving play
"Oh What a Lovely War" (Modern Classics)"Oh What a Lovely War" (Modern Classics) by "Theatre Workshop"
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Black humour
BirdsongBirdsong by Sebastian Faulks
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A fictional account of the war
Under Fire (Penguin Modern Classics)Under Fire (Penguin Modern Classics) by Henri Barbusse
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The Great War from the point of view of a French Soldier
Men Who March Away: Poems of the First World War (Poetry)Men Who March Away: Poems of the First World War (Poetry)
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A reasonable anthology
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer (Faber Fiction Classics)Memoirs of an Infantry Officer (Faber Fiction Classics) by Siegfried Sassoon
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Fictional autobiography of Sassoon's experiences
All Quiet on the Western FrontAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
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Fictional Account from a German point of view