
"Nicky-Nan, Reservist" by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (Q) offers a humorous glimpse into the lives of ordinary people in a small English town during the tumultuous years of World War I. This work of war fiction explores the experiences of a reservist called to duty and the...

Nicky-nan reservist begins in a quiet Cornish town where news of war shatters the stillness. The story centers on an isolated resident living with injury and economic hardship as society around him prepares for conflict. Children play at war with sticks and caps while their elders...