Testament of youth : an autobiographical study of the years 1900-1925
Brittain, Vera, 1893-19702008
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One woman's unforgettable record of the First World War, 'Testament of Youth' is in spirit and impact as powerful a classic as All Quiet on the Western Front and Goodbye to All That - a haunting elegy for a lost generation. In 1914 Vera Brittain was eighteen and, as war was declared, she was preparing to study at Oxford. Four years later her life - and the life of her whole generation - had changed in a way that was unimaginable in the tranquil pre-war era. TESTAMENT OF YOUTH, one of the most famous autobiographies of the First World War, is Brittain's account of how she survived the period; how she lost the man she loved; how she nursed the wounded and how she emerged into an altered world. A passionate record of a lost generation, it made Vera Brittain one of the best-loved writers of her time.
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Edition:
[New ed.] / with a preface by Shirley Williams.
Imprint:
London : Virago, 1978.
Collation:
661 p. ; 20 cm.
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Previous ed.: London: Gollancz, 1933.
ISBN:
9780860680352 (pbk)
Dewey class:
828.91209828.912920 BRI
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English
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BRN:
1826516
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