The Spirit of the Age and Other Stories From the Home Front

Originally published under Little Fiddle- On-The-Green Still Smiling, E. M Delafield’s The Spirit of the Age captures in a collection of vignettes the impact of WW2 on the Home Front.

The people of Little Fiddle-on-the-Green lived a very peaceful life. They went to cricket matches. They discussed the works of Shakespeare. They lived out quintessential British country lives.

That was before the War started.

Before the Germans tried to drop bombs on their heads.

That was an inconvenience indeed!

As the war years drag on, the people of Little Fiddle-on-the-Green still carry on with a smile on their faces, but the village talks turn to Hitler and Mussolini as well as gardens, dinner parties and games.

After all, there are far more pressing things than politics to discuss…

It will take more than the threat of total invasion to knock the British people off their stride.

Told with characteristic wit and charm, E. M Delafield’s The Spirit of the Age is a glowing testament to the stiff upper lip attitude of the Home Front.