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The Middle Parts of Fortune by Frederic Manning

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The Middle Parts of Fortune

by Frederic Manning

Narrator Stanley McGeagh

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Length 10 hours 14 minutes

Language English

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First published anonymously in 1929 because its language was considered far too frank for public circulation, The Middle Parts of Fortune was hailed by T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, by Lawrence of Arabia and Ernest Hemingway, as an extraordinary novel. Its author was in fact Frederic Manning, an Australian writer who fought in the Battle of the Somme in 1916, and who told his story of men at war from the perspective of an ordinary soldier.

History Nonfiction Literary Criticism

Frederic Manning (1882–1935) was an Australian poet and novelist. His confronting first hand account of World War I, The Middle Parts of Fortune, is considered to be an Australian classic.

Stanley McGeagh is a gifted narrator and actor. Since starting his acting career in Ireland, he has worked in British repertory and on the West End. Stanley has appeared in various stage musicals, including Applause with Lauren Bacall at Her Majesty's Theatre London. He has extensive television, film and radio experience, including Frontline and Halifax f.p.