Testament of youth an autobiographical study of the years 1900-1925
"In 1915 Vera Brittain abandoned her studies at Oxford to enlist as a nurse in the armed services. Before the war was over she had served in London, Malta, and close to the Western Front in France--and she had lost all the men she loved. Out of that experience came this cauterizing book, at once a m...
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| 100 | 1 | |a Brittain, Vera, |d 1893-1970, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Testament of youth : |b an autobiographical study of the years 1900-1925 / |c Vera Brittain ; preface by Shirley Williams ; introduction by Mark Bostridge. |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Penguin Books, |c 2005. | |
| 300 | |a xix, 661 pages ; |c 20 cm. | ||
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| 500 | |a Originally published: London : V. Gollancz, 1933. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages xvi-xix). | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Forward from Newcastle -- Provincial young-ladyhood -- Oxford versus war -- Learning versus life -- Camberwell versus death -- "When the vision dies ..." -- Tawny Island -- Between the sandhills and the sea -- "This loneliest hour" -- Survivors not wanted -- Piping for peace -- "Another stranger." | |
| 520 | |a "In 1915 Vera Brittain abandoned her studies at Oxford to enlist as a nurse in the armed services. Before the war was over she had served in London, Malta, and close to the Western Front in France--and she had lost all the men she loved. Out of that experience came this cauterizing book, at once a memoir and an elegy for the bright, passionate generation who came of age on the eve of the war and vanished in its trenches."--Back cover. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1914-1918 |x Personal narratives, English. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1914-1918 |x Medical care. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1914-1918 |x Hospitals. | |
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