EB
joined the Red Cross
after the First World War began, and became a VAD
.
Sebba, Anne. Enid Bagnold: The Authorized Biography. Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
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Material Conditions of Writing
Enid Bagnold
EB
published her first book, A Diary Without Dates, an account of her work as a VAD
at the Royal Herbert Hospital
—a job from which she was dismissed on the book's publication.
The...
Textual Features
Enid Bagnold
The book reads more like a novel than a diary. Its details about EB
's work as a VAD
include sometimes quite graphic descriptions of the war injuries sustained by the men. One has no...