All is quiet on the western front book

All quiet on the western front is narrated by paul baumer, a young man of nineteen who fights in the german army on the french front in world war i. All quiet on the western front is a saying we hear from time to time. All quiet on the western front by erich maria remarque. The testament of paul baumer, who enlists with his classmates in the german army of world war i.

All quiet on the western front is a novel hard cover written by erich maria remarque first published in germany in 1928. All quiet on the western front is considered a realistic and harrowing account of warfare in world. The novel opens behind the german lines of the western front in world war i during the summer of 1916. As far as timeless big deal themes golife, death, youth, age, experience, innocence, love, hateall quiet on the western front has em all. Always update books hourly, if not looking, search in the book search column. It is also a book and i was delighted when a blogger elysia offered to share her thoughts and feelings about it with my readers. Read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter summary and analysis. All quiet on the western front translated from the german by a. All quiet on the western front summary, characters. This american edition was published by little, brown publishers in 1930. Considered by many the greatest war novel of all time, all quiet on the western front is erich maria remarques masterpiece of the german. Throughout the novel, pauls inner personality is contrasted with the way the war forces him to act and feel. Nothing new in the west is a novel by erich maria remarque, a german veteran of world war i.

This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and. The record of several schoolmates who represent a generation destroyed by the dehumanization of world war is trench warfare, all quiet on the western front tells of their enlistment in the army at the urging of their teacher, kantorek, whose wisdom they trusted. This type of representation is one of the things that makes all quiet on the western front such a great book it is clearly everymans story of the war. Considered by many the greatest war novel of all time, all quiet on the western front is erich maria remarques masterpiece of the german experience during world war i. These free notes consist of about 49 pages 14,587 words and contain the following sections. His story is presumably played out thousands of times, just as the passively evil. Published in 1929, author erich maria remarque used the novel as a means to deal with world war i. Abroad, all quiet on the western front was a big hit as well, selling. The book is an account of paul baumers experiences in battle and his short. All quiet on the western front quotes with page numbers.

Character list summary and analysis preface chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3. The book describes the german soldiers extreme physical and mental stress during the war, and the detachment from civilian life felt by many of these soldiers upon returning home from the front. The book is an account of paul baumers experiences in battle and his. All quiet on the western front book summaries, test. When the novel begins, the second company of the german army has just returned to their camp after two weeks of fighting on the frontlines.

After a drubbing by tjaden and his pals, himmelstoss continues to lord his authority through complaint to the commandant. All quiet on the western front project gutenberg self. All quiet on the western front movie vs book all quiet on. All quiet on the western front may have been the first runaway international bestseller, but its utter lack of progerman propaganda and honest, downbeat look at. He is, at heart, a kind, compassionate, and sensitive young man, but the brutal experience of warfare teaches him to detach himself from his feelings. The free all quiet on the western front notes include comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. Its meant different and important things to different generations. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one. All quiet on the western front introduction shmoop.

All quiet on the western front is a 1930 american epic precode war film based on the erich maria remarque novel of the same name. A novel all quiet on the western front book 2 by erich maria remarque and arthur wesley wheen. Listendownload all quiet on the western front audiobook. It talks about the mental stress and physical pain that the german soldiers had to encounter during the war. In the west nothing new is a novel by erich maria remarque, a german veteran of world war i.

The novel is called the best war novel for a reason. World war i is described in such vivid nonglory in its pages that you are sucked into the story straight away and stay there for the next two hundred pages. All quiet on the western front audiobook by erich maria. All quiet on the western front movie vs book after reading the novel and watching the movie all quiet on the western front the novel proved to be a lot better for learning about world war i. In all quiet on the western front, remarque used his knowledge and memories of world war i to write a moving novel about a young soldier serving in the war. Paul labels himmelstoss zealotry a raging book of army regulations.

Get ebooks all quiet on the western front on pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi and audiobook for free. Paul and his friends volunteered to join the army after being swept up by the patriotic speeches of their teacher. But after experiencing ten weeks of brutal training at the hands of the petty, cruel corporal. Actionpacked fiction that is also intense drama about the inner struggles that war causes when it is no longer an honorable abstract idea but. Wheen fawcett crest this book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It was directed by lewis milestone, and stars louis wolheim, lew ayres, john wray, arnold lucy and ben alexander. In the late 20s and early 30s there were very few in the us or europe who hadnt read the book, or seen the justly famous film version, directed by lewis milestone, which starred lew ayres as paul. All quiet on the western front erich maria remarque brian murdoch, the translator, has given us in his afterword an excellent starting point for discussing this book. The remarkable book, all quiet on the western front, which is the june selection of the book of the month club, has had several passages deleted and. All quiet on the western front begins somewhere near the germanfrench front. All quiet on the western front is a novel by erich maria remarque, a german veteran of world war i. See a complete list of the characters in all quiet on the western front and indepth analyses of paul baumer, kantorek, and corporal himmelstoss.

The book describes the german soldiers extreme physical. All quiet on the western front by erich maria remarque, published in 1929, takes. All quiet on the western front 3 please let the wind of desire that rose from the multicoloured spines of those books catch me up again, let it melt the heavy, lifeless lead weight that is there somewhere inside me, and awaken in me once again the impatience of the future, the soaring delight in the world of the intellect let it carry me. All quiet on the western front becomes instant bestseller. All quiet on the western front ebook download free pdf. All quiet on the western front summary, characters, analysis.

The all quiet on the western front quotes below all refer to the symbol of kemmerichs boots. There are more than 1 million books that have been enjoyed by people from all over the world. Perfect prep for all quiet on the western front quizzes and tests you might have in school. Get ready for one of the most searing, upsetting antiwar books youll ever read. All quiet on the western front penguin books australia. An antiwar novel set during world war i, it relies on remarques personal experience in the war to depict the eras broader disillusionment.

All quiet on the western front or, to give it its german title, nothing new in the west has been hailed as the best war novel ever, and its easy to see why. The book was a success and remarque followed it with the road back in 1931. The most loved and hated novel about world war i history. This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death. Facts about all quiet on the western front discuss the novel written by erich maria remarque.

First published as a novel in 1929, all quiet on the western front tells the story of a group of young german soldiers who are enduring, and then coming to terms with, the realities of the first world war. After the publication of his forth novel, remarque moved to. Litcharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in all quiet on the western front, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. I refer to it as a book because to call it a novel suggests something less horrific in terms of subject matter than. All quiet on the western front is one of the best books ever written for its overall imagery thats gives a vivid image of all the aspects of life as a soldier in world war one. All quiet on the western front summary book reports. All quiet on the western front, novel by german writer erich maria remarque, published in 1929 as im westen nichts neues and in the united states as all quiet on the western front. Stirring quotes from all quiet on the western front.

As the novels narrator and protagonist, paul is the central figure in all quiet on the western front and serves as the mouthpiece for remarques meditations about war. Considered by many the greatest war novel of all time, all quiet on the western front is erich maria remarque s masterpiece of the german experience during world war i. The book all quiet on the western front helps the readers to understand the effect of the first world war, and its impact on the germans. All quiet on the western front is a literary classic, and this roundup of the books best quotes reveal why. It describes the warfare from a relatively permanent system of trenches and simply narrates human patients in extremity. His account of the war is a bitter invective against sentimental, romantic ideals of warfare. All quiet on the western front erich maria remarque. Erich maria remarque all quiet on the western front. The book captures it and becomes the definitive antiwar statement of the. All quiet on the western front quiz that tests what you know. Editions of all quiet on the western front by erich maria. The comeuppance for himmelstoss provides the novel with a rare instance of poetic justice.