In 1914 Vera Brittain was eighteen 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 was 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 the period; how s...
In 1914 Vera Brittain was eighteen 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 was 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 the period; 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.
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…a fragment of philosophy which had recently came to England from the French trenches:
'When you are a soldier you are one of two things, either at the front or behind the lines. If you are behind the lines you need not worry. If you are at the front you are one of two things. You are either in a danger zone or in a zone which is not dangerous. If you are in a zone which is not dangerous you need not worry. If you are in a danger zone you are one of two things; either you are wounded or you are not. If you are not wounded you need not worry. If you are wounded you are one of two things, either seriously wounded or slightly wounded. If you are slightly wounded you need not worry. If you are seriously wounded one of two things is certain - either you get well or you die. If you get well you ... (查看原文)
女性作家，列在women's library里。It's a completely different view of war. She was not a perfect character, not attractive to me. I read the book aloud for two months. Come and Nick said they like the idea.
0 有用 Indigo 2012-10-12 12:54:24
Disillusion.
0 有用 nion 2021-10-21 23:40:18
太罗嗦太文艺听到3/5实在听不下去了有种过耳即忘的效果…以后有缘再见==
0 有用 小屏风 2016-03-22 18:37:40
女性作家，列在women's library里。It's a completely different view of war. She was not a perfect character, not attractive to me. I read the book aloud for two months. Come and Nick said they like the idea.