Augustus Does His Bit: A True-to-Life Farce

Name: Augustus Does His Bit: A True-to-Life Farce
Author: Bernard Shaw

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CEFR level: C1
Length: 2 chapters
Format: The complete book

About this book

In a small town hall, Lord Augustus Highcastle, a self-important colonel, struggles with wartime bureaucracy, patriotism, and the frustrations of those left behind the front lines, revealing the absurdities of authority during the Great War.

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