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Vera Brittain's Diary, 1917 : Personal Collection; Notebook; Newspaper; Souvenir.
First World War (module 1: Personal Experiences) Available online
First World War (module 1: Personal Experiences)- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vera Brittain, author.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- 2011
- Summary:
- Description: Vera Brittain, writer, lecturer, pacifist, and feminist, was born on 29 December 1893 at Newcastle-under-Lyme. She went up to Somerville College, Oxford in 1914 but left to serve as a VAD in World War I. She returned to Oxford after the war where she became friends with Winifred Holtby, a budding novelist. She married George Catlin in 1925 and became the mother of two children. Her most well-known book is Testament of Youth (1933) about her experiences in World War I. During World War II she was a leading member of the Peace Pledge Union. She died in London on 29 March 1970.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource (viewed on October 15, 2018).
- Vera Brittain material copyright Mark Bostridge and Timothy Brittain-Catlin, literary executors for the Estate of Vera Brittain 1970. No Vera Brittain material may be reproduced in any form without the permission of her literary estate.
- Date span of material: n.d.
- AMDigital Reference: Vera Brittain Fonds, Series D9.
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