"The Enormous Room" by E. E. Cummings is a story set in World War I France, about a young American ambulance driver named Edward Estlin Cummings who runs into trouble with his superiors. After a misunderstanding and the appearance of a strange French officer, Cummings gets kicked out of his unit and thrown into prison because of his friendship with another American, B. The story shows the craziness of wartime France through Cummings' eyes, talking about his frustrations, friendships, differences in cultures, and the weirdness of war. This sets the stage for a story about finding yourself and staying strong when things get tough.
The Enormous Room
By E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings
An American ambulance driver's journey turns upside down when he's imprisoned in wartime France, forcing him to navigate chaos, cultural clashes, and the search for freedom.
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About the AuthorEdward Estlin Cummings, commonly known as e e cummings or E. E. Cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. During World War I, he worked as an ambulance driver and was imprisoned in an internment camp, which provided the basis for his novel The Enormous Room in 1922. The following year he published his first collection of poetry, Tulips and Chimneys, which showed his early experiments with grammar and typography. He wrote four plays; HIM (1927) and Santa Claus: A Morality (1946) were most successful. He wrote EIMI (1933), a travelog of the Soviet Union, and delivered the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures in poetry, published as i—six nonlectures (1953). Fairy Tales (1965), a collection of short stories, was published posthumously.
Edward Estlin Cummings, commonly known as e e cummings or E. E. Cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. During World War I, he worked as an ambulance driver and was imprisoned in an internment camp, which provided the basis for his novel The Enormous Room in 1922. The following year he published his first collection of poetry, Tulips and Chimneys, which showed his early experiments with grammar and typography. He wrote four plays; HIM (1927) and Santa Claus: A Morality (1946) were most successful. He wrote EIMI (1933), a travelog of the Soviet Union, and delivered the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures in poetry, published as i—six nonlectures (1953). Fairy Tales (1965), a collection of short stories, was published posthumously.
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