by Vera Brittain · Virago Modern Classics / Virago Press Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780860680352
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«Testament of Youth» is the autobiography of Vera Brittain, published by Virago Press in paperback (640 pages, in English).
Autobiography of Vera Brittain focused on her youth and the years of the First World War: the loss of the man she loved, her work as a nurse and her evolution towards pacifism and feminism. The narrative, spanning 1900 to 1925, shows how the war marked an entire generation.
Originally published in 1933, it is the first instalment of Vera Brittain's Testament trilogy; this anniversary edition includes an introduction by Mark Bostridge and a preface by Shirley Williams.
For readers of historical memoirs and the First World War, with an interest in the female perspective and the evolution of pacifism.
Vera Mary Brittain was an English Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurse, writer, feminist, socialist and pacifist. Her best-selling 1933 memoir Testament of Youth recounted her experiences during the First World War and the beginning of her journey towards pacifism.
