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Resumen de El 9 de noviembre
Para quién es
Readers who love big city novels, stories of family secrets and the fall of empires, and anyone who enjoys seeing a whole society, from salons to tenements, through many different eyes.
De qué trata este libro
A green envelope lands in the hand of a proud Berlin general, and a small grieving man in a Havelock will not let him forget it. You meet the general, his children, the woman whose house he loves, and a society that knows nothing of its own edge. Kellermann moves from drawing rooms to tenements and lets you see how little each world knows of the others.
En este resumen
- 1A general receives a green letterFree
- 2Dora's carpets and a war of talk
- 3Two young men and two sisters
- 4Otto's night and the glass on his head
- 5The father with the letters in his pocket
- 6Ackermann, Ruth and the new faith
- 7Dora's ball and the great offensive
- 8What the story is really about
- 9How the book is told
Idea clave 1 de 9
A general receives a green letter
On a wet winter evening in Berlin, General von Hecht-Babenberg leaves the war office in his fur coat. The porter hands him a thin letter in an ugly green envelope. Through the glass door he glimpses a small, blue-pale face with grieving eyes, which vanishes at once.
The general thinks of the people in the street as raw material for his orders. Six months earlier he lost his field command and was put behind a desk. The cause was a hill called Quatre Vents, which he held too long and lost.
The letter comes from a Mr. Herbst, whose son Robert fell on that hill. It asks where the grave lies and hints at something about the general's daughter. The general tears it up, but the memory of the hill will not stay torn.
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Questions about El 9 de noviembre
What is The 9th of November about?
It follows a Berlin general, his children and a grieving father during the last months of the First World War. Scenes in salons, hospitals and tenements show a society losing hope as a great change approaches.
Who is Mr. Herbst in The 9th of November?
He is a retired teacher in a long Havelock coat whose son Robert fell at the hill called Quatre Vents. He follows the general, who commanded there, and his grief and hatred shape much of the plot.
What does the date 9 November mean in the book?
It is the day in 1918 when revolution broke out in Berlin and the old imperial order fell. The novel builds toward it and shows how its people meet that day.
Is The 9th of November a true story?
It is a novel, but it is set in real events. The offensive of spring 1918, the hunger, the flu and the revolution in Berlin all appear as the background to invented characters.
Is The 9th of November easy to follow?
Strong images, such as the gray coat and the green envelope, return and help you keep track of who is who.