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Testament of Youth (Penguin Classics) (Reprint Edition) by Marke Vera Brittain, Shirley Williams (Ed (Preface), Mark Bostridge (Introduction), Vera/ Bost Brittain Paperback, 688 Pages, Published 2005 ISBN-10: 0-14-303923-7 / 0143039237 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-303923-5 / 9780143039235 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 |