By far the most substantial product of academic interest in Brittain to have appeared to date. Times Literary Supplement
Sensitive and compelling biography. The Toronto Star
Gorham is to be commended for producing a balanced book, and for making extensive and intelligent use of feminist criticism. Gorham has been blessed with extensive source materials and has used them well in a fine, provocative, inspiriting biography. The Women's Review of Books, July 1996
1. Introduction.
Part I: Macclesfield and Buxton:.
2. Origin, 1893-1911.
3. 'Provincial Young Ladyhood', 1911-1914.
Part II: 'History's Greatest Disaster': Love and Work in the Great War:.
4. Somerville, 1914-1915.
5. Love in Wartime.
6. War Work.
Part III: 'Lady into Woman': Friendship, Work and Marriage in the 1920s:.
7. Friendship and Feminism.
8. Feminism and Internationalism.
9. Semi-detached Marriage.
Part IV: 'Having Crossed the Rubicon': The 1930s and After:.
10. The Writing of Testament of Youth.
11. 'Having crossed the Rubicon.'.
12. Conclusion.