Testament of Youth by Shirley Williams, Vera Brittain

Testament of Youth

Shirley Williams, Vera Brittain

672 pages first pub 1933 (editions)

nonfiction classics history memoir emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

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In 1915 Vera Brittain abandoned her studies at Oxford to enlist as a nurse in the armed forces, serving in London, in Malta, and at the Western Front in France. By war’s end, all those closest to her were dead, and she had witnessed firsthand the ...

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Moods

emotional 88%
sad 72%
reflective 68%
informative 52%
challenging 36%
hopeful 36%
inspiring 36%
dark 24%
adventurous 20%
tense 12%
funny 4%

Pace

slow 81%
medium 18%

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