Letters From A Lost Generation: First World War Letters of Vera Brittain and Four Friends
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Editor: Alan BishopEditor: Mark Bostridge
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1999-03-15
ISBN: 1555533795
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Northeastern
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Book Review: emotional and thought-provoking
Summary: 4 Stars
For those familiar with Vera Brittain's 'Testament of Youth' the first part of the book, until Roland Leighton's death, brings about an inevitable yet unwelcome sense of deja vu. It is in the later parts of this collection of letters that the real interest emerges - one gains a deep insight into the characters of Victor Richardson and especially of Geoffrey Thurlow. Despite a veneer of jollity, the anguish Geoffrey felt at possibly letting himself and his men down when the hour of battle came shines through in a very uncomfortable way. The mud, the conditions in the trenches, the boredom, exhaustion and mundanity both of being a front line soldier and a nurse are portrayed well. The reader also glimpses a picture of a long lost England - when trains ran on time, when the post man came on a Sunday, of chaperones and debutantes, and of a very stiff upper lip. The final letter in the book, from Roland's father to Edward's father, is pure agony to read, and is a fitting epitaph to the sons who died.
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