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Vera Brittain: Testament of Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925 (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) (Reprint Edition) by Vera Brittain Paperback, 672 Pages, Published 1995 ISBN-10: 0-14-018844-4 / 0140188444 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-018844-8 / 9780140188448 When war broke out in August 1914, 21-year-old Vera Brittain was planning on enrolling at Somerville College, Oxford. Her father told her she wouldn't be able to go: "In a few months' time we should probably all find ourselves in the Workhouse!" he opined. Brittain had hoped to escape the Northern p |