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Vera Brittain: A Life

Mark Bostridge

Paul Berry

Vera Brittain is most widely known as the woman who immortalized a lost generation in her haunting autobiography of the Great War TESTAMENT OF YOUTH.

Writer pacifist and feminist she condemned her provincial background but remained acutely conscious of the conventional elements in her own character; she revealed a richly emotional life in her writing but was outwardly sober and reserved; she possessed a fierce desire for fame and recognition but was ready to sacrifice both on matters of principle.

This biography - comprehensive authoritative and immensely readable - confirms Vera Brittain's stature as one of the most remarkable women of our time.

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  • Classification : Biography & Memoir
  • Pub Date : NOV 3, 2022
  • Imprint : Virago
  • Page Extent : 592
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9780349015019
  • Price : INR 1,399
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Mark Bostridge

Mark Bostridge is the co-author of Vera Brittain: A Life (Chatto & Windus 1995) which was shortlisted for several prizes. Alan Bishop is Professor of English at McMaster University in Ontario and has edited three volumes of Vera Brittain's diaries.

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Paul Berry

Mark Bostridge is a former research assistant to Shirley Williams and has reviewed for theTIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT the TIMES EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT and the LITERARY REVIEW.

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