Testament of Youth: An Autobiographical Study Of TheYears 1900-1925
by Brittain, Vera
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London: Virago, 2008 9780860680352. Paperback. VG. Virago Classic Non-fiction. 75th Anniversary Edition. No inscriptions. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. This is a bright, tight copy. XXVII + 612 pages. Preface by Shirley Williams, the British politician who is the daughter of Vera Brittain. Excellent lengthy introduction by Mark Bostridge. This is a unique record of one woman's experience of twenty-five of the most cataclysmic years in modern history, and a Virago Classic bestseller. "A haunting elegy for a lost generation." The Times. .
Synopsis
Testament of Youth is the first installment, covering 1900–1925, in the autobiography of Vera Brittain (1893-1970). It was published in 1933. Brittain's autobiography continues with Testament of Experience, published in 1957, and encompassing 1925–1950. Between these two books comes Testament of Friendship (published in 1940), which, while also autobiographical, is essentially a biography of Brittain's close colleague and friend, Winifred Holtby.
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- David Edward Hellawell (GB)
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- Title
- Testament of Youth: An Autobiographical Study Of TheYears 1900-1925
- Author
- Brittain, Vera
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0860680355
- ISBN 13
- 9780860680352
- Publisher
- London: Virago, 2008 9780860680352
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1992
- Keywords
- WWI War Trenches Pacifism Nurses Suffragists Potteries Buxton Oxford Feminism QSE
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