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Testament Of Youth
An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925
Series: Virago Modern Classics
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Testament Of Youth
One of the most famous autobiographies of the First World War - much filmed, much studied and much loved. This classic memoir is now a major motion picture starring Alicia Vikander and Kit Harington.
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
With an introduction by her biographer, Mark Bostridge
'Remains one of the most powerful and widely read war memoirs of all time' GUARDIAN
'Vera Brittain's heart-rending account of the way her generation's lives changed is still as shocking and moving as ever' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'A heartbreaking account of the impact of the First World War on a stout-hearted, high-minded young woman' SUNDAY TIMES
In 1914 Vera Brittain was twenty, and as war was declared she was preparing to study at Oxford. Four years later her life – and the lives of a 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.
Series: Virago Modern Classics
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Testament of Youth is celebrated as one of the most powerful war memoirs, offering a heart-wrenching and moving account of how the First World War altered the course of a generation's lives. With its shocking and poignant narrative, it is considered essential reading for its profound insights into the personal and societal impacts of the war. The memoir is also noted for both memorialising the past and issuing a stark warning about the consequences of remaining uninformed, making it highly recommended for a wide audience.
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ISBN: 9780349010274
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 June 2018
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Virago Press Ltd
Illustration: 8pp colour plates section
Contributors:
- Foreword by Shirley Williams
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 41.0mm
Width: 139.0mm
Height: 203.0mm
Weight: 508g
Pages: 640
About the Author
Vera Brittain was born in 1893, and grew up in provincial comfort in Macclesfield and Buxton. In 1914, just as war was breaking out, she won an exhibition to Somerville College, Oxford, interrupting her studies the following year to enlist as a VAD nurse. She became one of the best-loved writers of her time with the publication, in 1933, of her passionate record of a lost generation, Testament of Youth. She wrote twenty-nine books in all, and was a prolific lecturer and journalist, who devoted much of her energy to the causes of peace and feminism. Vera Brittain died in 1970. The authorised biography, Vera Brittain: A Life (1995) by Paul Berry and Mark Bostridge is published by Virago Press.
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