Testament of Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925Brittain’s pacifist and feminist memoir of the First World War, in which she served as a nurse in London, Malta, and in France at the front, is a classic account of an entire generation marked by fatal idealism and changed by war. |
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Crítica de los usuarios - Kristelh - LibraryThingTestament of Youth is an autobiography of the author years up to, during and after WWI. It is significant in that it was a story of WWI written by a woman about the effects of war on women. It also is ... Leer comentario completo
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Crítica de los usuarios - japaul22 - LibraryThingIn 1933, Vera's Brittain's memoir of her life before, during, and immediately after WWI was published. The book is an incredibly moving account of what it was like to come of age during the Great War ... Leer comentario completo
Contenido
FORWARD FROM NEWCASTLE | 17 |
PROVINCIAL YOUNGLADYHOOD | 50 |
OXFORD VERSUS WAR | 94 |
LEARNING VERSUS LIFE | 135 |
CAMBERWELL VERSUS DEATH | 205 |
WHEN THE VISION DIES | 239 |
TAWNY ISLAND | 290 |
BETWEEN THE SANDHILLS AND THE SEA | 362 |
THIS LONELIEST HOUR | 427 |
SURVIVORS NOT WANTED | 467 |
PIPING FOR PEACE | 535 |
ANOTHER STRANGER | 606 |
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Testament of Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925 Vera Brittain Vista previa limitada - 1994 |
Testament of Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925 Vera Brittain Vista de fragmentos - 1979 |
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| Título | Testament of Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925 Penguin Classics |
| Autor | Vera Brittain |
| Edición | reimpresa, reeditada |
| Editor | Penguin, 1994 |
| ISBN | 0140188444, 9780140188448 |
| Largo | 661 páginas |
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