Testament of Friendship: The Story of Winifred Holtby - Couverture souple

Brittain, Vera

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1844088707 ISBN 13 : 9781844088706

Editeur : Virago, 2012

Synopsis

In her bestselling first volume of autobiography, Testament of Youth, Vera Brittain passionately recorded the agonising years of the First World War, lamenting the destruction of a generation which for her included those she most dearly loved - her lover, her brother, her closest friends. In Testament of Friendship Brittain tells the story of the woman who helped her survive those tragic years - the writer Winifred Holtby. They met at Somerville College, Oxford, immediately after the war and their friendship continued through Vera's marriage and their separate but parallel writing careers until Winifred's untimely death at the age of thirty-seven.When she died her fame as a writer was about to reach its peak with the publication of her greatest novel, South Riding. A moving record of a friendship between two women of courage, determination and intelligence, and a wonderful portrait of a lifelong love, Testament of Friendship now takes its rightful place as a Virago Modern Classic, with a new introduction by Mark Bostridge.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Vera Brittain (1893-1970) went up to Oxford but in 1914 left to enlist as a VAD nurse. After the war she returned to Oxford and met Winifred Holtby. She was a tireless supporter of pacifism and feminism, a prolific speaker, lecturer, journalist and writer. She wrote twenty-nine books.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Virago
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1844088707
• ISBN 13: 9781844088706
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 528