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Anne Frank - Diary of a Young Girl - 9780241952443 - 9780241952443
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Diary of a Young Girl

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Description for Diary of a Young Girl Paperback. The author and her family fled the horrors of Nazi occupation by hiding in the back of a warehouse in Amsterdam for two years with another family and a German dentist. Aged thirteen when she went into the secret annexe, she kept a diary. Editor(s): Pressler, Mirjam; Frank, Otto. Num Pages: 368 pages, 22 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JJH; BGHA; BJ; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.

A Hay Festival and The Poole VOTE 100 BOOKS for Women Selection

One of the most famous accounts of living under the Nazi regime of World War II comes from the diary of a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl, Anne Frank. Today, The Diary of a Young Girl has sold over 25 million copies world-wide; this is the definitive edition released to mark the 70th anniversary of the day the diary begins.

'12 June 1942: I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope ... Read more

The Diary of a Young Girl is one of the most celebrated and enduring books of the last century. Tens of millions have read it since it was first published in 1947 and it remains a deeply admired testament to the indestructible nature of the human spirit.

This definitive edition restores thirty per cent if the original manuscript, which was deleted from the original edition. It reveals Anne as a teenage girl who fretted about and tried to cope with her own emerging sexuality and who also veered between being a carefree child and an aware adult.

Anne Frank and her family fled the horrors of Nazi occupation by hiding in the back of a warehouse in Amsterdam for two years with another family and a German dentist. Aged thirteen when she went into the secret annexe, Anne kept a diary. She movingly revealed how the eight people living under these extraordinary conditions coped with hunger, the daily threat of discovery and death and being cut off from the outside world, as well as petty misunderstandings and the unbearable strain of living like prisoners.

The Diary of a Young Girl is a timeless true story to be rediscovered by each new generation. For young readers and adults it continues to bring to life Anne's extraordinary courage and struggle throughout her ordeal.

This is the definitive edition of the diary of Anne Frank.

Anne Frank was born on the 12 June 1929. She died while imprisoned at Bergen-Belsen, three months short of her sixteenth birthday. This seventieth anniversary, definitive edition of The Diary of a Young Girl is poignant, heartbreaking and a book that everyone should read.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241952443
SKU
9780241952443
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Anne Frank
Anne Frank was born on 12 June 1929. She died in Bergen-Belsen, three months short of her sixteenth birthday.

Reviews for Diary of a Young Girl
A modern classic . . . Anne's diary tells a story that is true, memorable, important and strongly personalized . . . compelling reading
The Times
Rings down the decades as the most moving testament to the persecution of innocence
Daily Mail
One of the greatest books of the century
Guardian
A modern classic ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Diary of a Young Girl


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