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Vera Brittain’s Followers (288)
Vera Brittain
Born
in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England
December 29, 1893
Died
March 29, 1970
Genre
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Testament of Youth
by
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published
1933
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91 editions
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Testament of Friendship
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published
1940
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25 editions
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Testament of Experience
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published
1957
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18 editions
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Chronicle of Youth: The War Diary, 1913-1917
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published
1981
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13 editions
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Because You Died: Poetry and Prose of the First World War and After
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published
2008
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9 editions
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England's Hour
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published
1941
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22 editions
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The Dark Tide
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published
1923
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8 editions
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Verses of a V.A.D.
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published
2014
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21 editions
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Honourable Estate
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published
1936
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8 editions
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Testament of a Generation: The Journalism of Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby
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published
1985
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2 editions
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“There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask for no reward except to see.”
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“Perhaps ...
To R.A.L.
Perhaps some day the sun will shine again,
And I shall see that still the skies are blue,
And feel one more I do not live in vain,
Although bereft of you.
Perhaps the golden meadows at my feet,
Will make the sunny hours of spring seem gay,
And I shall find the white May-blossoms sweet,
Though You have passed away.
Perhaps the summer woods will shimmer bright,
And crimson roses once again be fair,
And autumn harvest fields a rich delight,
Although You are not there.
But though kind Time may many joys renew,
There is one greatest joy I shall not know
Again, because my heart for loss of You
Was broken, long ago.”
― Testament of Youth
To R.A.L.
Perhaps some day the sun will shine again,
And I shall see that still the skies are blue,
And feel one more I do not live in vain,
Although bereft of you.
Perhaps the golden meadows at my feet,
Will make the sunny hours of spring seem gay,
And I shall find the white May-blossoms sweet,
Though You have passed away.
Perhaps the summer woods will shimmer bright,
And crimson roses once again be fair,
And autumn harvest fields a rich delight,
Although You are not there.
But though kind Time may many joys renew,
There is one greatest joy I shall not know
Again, because my heart for loss of You
Was broken, long ago.”
― Testament of Youth
“There seemed to be nothing left in the world, for I felt that Roland had taken with him all my future and Edward all my past.”
― Testament of Youth
― Testament of Youth
Polls
April 2018 New School Poll
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin, 183 pages, 1968
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck, 181 pages, 1945
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller, 240 pages, 1902
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons, 233 pages, 1932
Blindness by José Saramago, 326 pages, 1995
The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa, 554 pages, 1982
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, 232 pages, 1938
Save Me the Waltz by Zelda Fitzgerald, 225 pages, 1932
Native Son by Richard Wright, 504 pages, 1940
Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain, 688 pages, 1933
The Ambassadors by Henry James, 528 pages, 1903
At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien, 239 pages, 1939
The Passion by Jeanette Winterson, 176 pages, 1987
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara, 345 pages, 1974
Explosion in a Cathedral by Alejo Carpentier, 360 pages, 1962
Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe, 644 pages, 1929
Topics Mentioning This Author
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Reading with Style:
WI 11-12 General Questions & Answers
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151 | 127 | Feb 26, 2012 01:59AM | |
| Bright Young Things: Suffragist & Feminist Fiction | 17 | 613 | May 30, 2012 05:12PM | |
| beautiful and disturbing | 25 | 186 | Jun 09, 2013 09:42PM | |
| You'll love this ...: July 2013 - European (Union) Grand Tour | 120 | 114 | Jul 29, 2013 06:09PM | |
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You'll love this ...:
INTRODUCTIONS - June/July 2013
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32 | 56 | Jul 31, 2013 11:23AM | |
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84 | 64 | Jul 04, 2014 07:56PM | |
| Bright Young Things: The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry (2014 Reading Challenge) | 51 | 46 | Jul 21, 2014 04:09AM | |
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500 Great Books B...:
Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
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1 | 119 | Aug 19, 2014 05:53PM |
