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100 1 _aNoyes, Alfred,
_d1880-1958
245 1 0 _aRada: A Belgian Christmas Eve
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2014
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2014-02-04
508 _aProduced by Charlene Taylor, Paul Clark and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"Rada: A Belgian Christmas Eve" by Alfred Noyes is a dramatic play written during the early 20th century, specifically during the tumultuous period of World War I. The work explores the themes of war, humanity, and the struggle for love and survival amid chaos, centering around the impact of conflict on personal lives during a Christmas Eve setting. The narrative unfolds in a Belgian village occupied by German soldiers, where Rada, the wife of a village doctor, struggles to protect her young daughter Bettine from the brutal realities of war. As soldiers occupy their home, Rada grapples with fear and despair, revealing the human cost of conflict. The story is enhanced by the character of Nanko, an old schoolmaster who mistakenly believes it is always Christmas Eve, symbolizing innocence amid devastation. The tension escalates as the soldiers entertain dark intentions, testifying to the horrors of war, yet through the power of a Christmas carol played on a gramophone, a flicker of hope for humanity and peace emerges, suggesting that even in the darkest moments, the spirit of compassion and love can prevail. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Drama
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44829
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