Postcard of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Kaiser Franz Joseph, in the Secessionist style. Kaiser Wilhelm is wearing the uniform and shako of the Death's Head Hussars.

Völkerkrieg (people's war)

1914; In Treue Fest



People's War

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Tuesday, September 22, 1914

"Il arriva chez nous un dimanche de novembre 189...

He came to our place one Sunday in November 189-."

Quotation Context

The first sentence of Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain-Fournier (Henri-Alban Fournier), killed in action September 22, 1914. The French novel has been translated into English as The Wanderer, The Lost Domain, and The Lost Estate.



Il arriva chez nous un dimanche de novembre 189...

- Alain-Fournier



He came to our place one Sunday in November 189-.

- The Lost Estate, Robin Buss



He appeared at our house on a Sunday in November 189...

- The Lost Domain, Frank Davison

Source

The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes) by Alain-Fournier, page 5, copyright © Robin Buss 2007 (Translation), publisher: Penguin, publication date: 2007

Tags

Le Grand Meaulnes, Alain-Fournier, Henri-Alban Fournier, Fournier, author, 1914-09-22, September, 1914, The Wanderer, The Lost Domain, The Lost Estate