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Testament of Youth is a memoir of British nurse and activist Vera Brittain (1893–1970), published in 1933. Brittain's memoir covers the years 1900 to 1925, and continues with Testament of Experience, published in 1957, and encompassing the years 1925 to 1950.
July 7, 2021. Testament of Youth is Vera Brittain’s memoir of her years just prior to, during, and shortly after World War I. It is a unique look at the war from the perspective of a woman who gave up her studies at Oxford to serve as a nurse in France and Malta.
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Vera Brittain's 1933 memoir recounts her personal and intellectual journey from Oxford to the front lines as a nurse during World War I. She lost her fiancé, her brother, and two friends to the war, and became a pacifist and a feminist activist.
May 31, 2005 · Paperback – May 31, 2005. by Vera Brittain (Author), Shirley Williams (Preface), Mark Bostridge (Introduction) 4.4 2,491 ratings. See all formats and editions. Giving a voice to a lost generation, this edition features a new introduction by Brittain’s biographer.
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May 16, 2016 · In every respect, Testament of Youth is an extraordinary book—one of the few that we have from a woman’s point of view. Over it hangs a terrible sense of tragedy and loss. It is a tale written with great feeling and anger at a war that seemingly served no useful purpose.
Jan 16, 2015 · 99+ Photos. Biography Drama History. A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I - a story of young love, the futility of war, and how to make sense of the darkest times. Director. James Kent. Writers. Juliette Towhidi. Vera Brittain. Stars. Alicia Vikander. Kit Harington. Taron Egerton. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING.
Jul 16, 2009 · TESTAMENT OF YOUTH, one of the most famous autobiographies of the First World War, is Brittain's account of how she survived those agonising years; how she lost the man she loved; how she nursed the wounded and how she emerged into an altered world.
