Description |
xix, 661 pages ; 20 cm |
Series |
Penguin classics |
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Penguin classics.
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Note |
Originally published: London : V. Gollancz, 1933. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages xvi-xix). |
Summary |
"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. |
Contents |
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". |
Subject |
Brittain, Vera, 1893-1970.
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Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Pacifists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Feminists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, English.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Hospitals.
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ISBN |
0143039237 (pbk.) |
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9780143039235 (pbk.) |
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9780143108382 (2015 softcover movie tie-in ed.) : $18.00 |
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0143108387 (2015 softcover movie tie-in ed.) : $18.00 |
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