Vera Brittain

Vera Brittain dedicó casi veinte años a escribir esta obra portentosa, en la que debía haber espacio «para los seres queridos y también para aquellos a quienes no conoceremos nunca, pero que, no cabe duda, son nuestros iguales». Pocas veces se ha contado la vida de aquella juventud, la que sufrió la I Guerra Mundial y la posguerra, con tanta profundidad y exactitud. Se combinan aquí las peripecias (siempre verdaderas) de la joven estudiante de Oxford con el sufrimiento que esa misma joven, convertida en enfermera, encuentra en el frente durante la guerra; su pasión por el estudio con el afecto por muchos de los que la rodearon desde adolescente... Todos sus amigos lucharán en las trincheras, y todos sus amigos vivirán el fin de una época mejor en la que todo parecía más puro e ingenuo.

This classic memoir of the First World War is now a major motion picture starring Alicia Vikander and Kit Harington. Includes an afterword by Kate Mosse OBE.In 1914 Vera Brittain was 20, and as war was declared she was preparing to study at Oxford. Four years later her life - and the life of her whole generation - had changed in a way that would have been unimaginable in the tranquil pre-war era.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. A passionate record of a lost generation, it made Vera Brittain one of the best-loved writers of her time, and has lost none of its power to shock, move and enthral readers since its first publication in 1933.

WRITTEN WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY MARK BOSTRIDGE In her bestselling first volume of autobiography, Testament of Youth, Vera Brittain passionately recorded the agonising years of the First World War, lamenting the destruction of a generation which for her included those she most dearly loved - her lover, her brother and her closest friends.In Testament of Friendship Brittain tells the story of the woman who helped her survive those tragic years - the writer Winifred Holtby. They met at Somerville College, Oxford, immediately after the war. Their friendship continued through Veras marriage and their separate but parallel writing careers until Winifreds untimely death at the age of thirty-seven. When she died, her fame as a writer was about to reach its peak with the publication of her greatest novel, South Riding. A moving record of a friendship between two women of courage, determination and intelligence and a wonderful portrait of a lifelong love. Testament of Friendship now takes its rightful place as a Virago Modern Classic.

This collection of Vera Brittains poetry and prose, some of it never published before, commemorates the men she loved - fiancé, brother and two close friends - who served and died in the First World War. It draws on her experiences as a VAD nurse in London, Malta, and France, and illustrates her growing conviction of the wickedness of all war.Illustrated with many extraordinary photographs from Brittains own albums, and edited with a new introduction by Mark Bostridge, Because You Died is an elegy to men who lost their lives in a bloody conflict, and a volume of remembrance to mark the ninetieth anniversary of the Armistice.

Vera Brittain dedicó casi veinte años a escribir esta obra portentosa, en la que debía haber espacio «para los seres queridos y también para aquellos a quienes no conoceremos nunca, pero que, no cabe

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I in this unforgettable true story of young love, war, and how to make sense of the darkest timesRemains one of the most powerful and widely read war memoirs of all timeGuardianA haunting elegy for a lost generationThe TimesShould be compulsory readingDaily MailIn 1914 when war was declared, Vera Brittain was twenty, preparing to study at Oxford. Four years later her life - and the lives of her whole generation - had changed in a way that would have been unimaginable.TESTAMENT OF YOUTH, one of the most famous autobiographies of the First World War, is Brittains 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.A passionate record of a lost generation, it made Vera Brittain one of the best-loved writers of her time, and has lost none of its power to shock, move and enthral readers since its first publication in 1933.With an afterword from Kate Mosse OBE.

Voici un récit sans concession sur ce que fut le choc de la Première Guerre mondiale, un roman d’apprentissage où les sentiments amoureux sont magnifiés par l’urgence de vivre, ainsi qu’un manifeste