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Verses of a V. A. D.

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

This is a collection of poems by Vera M. Brittain, an Englishwoman, who served in World War I as a member of the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD). She worked as a nurse during the war. These poems are based on her wartime experiences. - Summary by mleigh (0 hr 41 min)

Chapters

Dedication and Forward

4:17

Read by Larry Wilson

August 1914

1:03

Read by Stefan Von Blon

St. Pancras Station, August 1915

0:48

Read by Larry Wilson

To a Fallen Idol

1:06

Read by Stefan Von Blon

To Monseigneur

1:13

Read by Larry Wilson

The Only Son

1:03

Read by Lloyd Knight

Perhaps——

1:38

Read by Larry Wilson

A Military Hospital

0:51

Read by Stefan Von Blon

Looking Westward

1:32

Read by princessmomoh

Then and Now

0:47

Read by Larry Wilson

May Morning

3:09

Read by princessmomoh

The Two Travellers

0:33

Read by Lloyd Knight

Roundel

1:10

Read by mleigh

The Sisters buried at Lemnos

1:58

Read by princessmomoh

In Memoriam: G.R.Y.T.

1:18

Read by Larry Wilson

A Parting Word

1:07

Read by Lloyd Knight

To My Brother

1:41

Read by mleigh

Sic Transit——

1:17

Read by Stefan Von Blon

To Them

1:15

Read by mleigh

Oxford revisited

1:09

Read by ABVoice

That which Remaineth

1:16

Read by ABVoice

The German Ward

2:16

Read by Larry Wilson

The Troop-train

0:50

Read by Bruce Kachuk

To my Ward-sister

1:28

Read by Bruce Kachuk

To another Sister

1:22

Read by Bruce Kachuk

“Vengeance is Mine”

2:01

Read by Bruce Kachuk

War

1:05

Read by Bruce Kachuk

The Last Post

1:38

Read by Bruce Kachuk

The Aspirant

0:54

Read by Bruce Kachuk