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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100143108387
ISBN-139780143108382
eBay Product ID (ePID)211890795
Product Key Features
Book TitleTestament of Youth (Movie Tie-In)
Number of Pages672 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2015
TopicWomen, Women Authors, Europe / Western, Military / World War I, Literary, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
GenreLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorVera Brittain
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight15.6 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2015-431347
Preface byWilliams, Shirley
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"[ Testament of Youth ] remains one of the most powerful and widely read war memoirs of all time." -- The Guardian (London)
Dewey Decimal828/.91209 B
Edition DescriptionMedia tie-in
SynopsisNow a major motion picture starring Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Hayley Atwell, and Taron Egerton In 1915 Vera Brittain abandoned her studies at Oxford to enlist as a nurse in the armed forces, serving in London, in Malta, and at the Western Front in France. By war's end, all those closest to her were dead, and she had witnessed firsthand the destruction and suffering of modern combat. Much of what we know and feel about the First World War we owe to Brittain's Testament of Youth . In this elegiac yet unsparing memoir, Brittain focused on the men and women who came of age as war broke out, exploring their politics, their hopes, and their fatal idealism. Acclaimed by the Times Literary Supplement as a book that helped "both form and define the mood of its time," this searing portrait is also a testament to every generation irrevocably changed by war.
This was an excellent book that honestly is a bit more complicated reading than I usually do. I fell in love with the story and I would highly recommend this book to everyone! It arrived on time just as described.