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The Diary of a Young Girl

   Author(s): Anne Frank  

        Publisher: Doubleday, Year: 1995   

                                        

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The Diary as it was written by Anne Frank. Ultimately, this definitive edition, in a modern version, includes details about Anne 's burgeoning sexuality and confrontations with her mother that have been omitted from previous editions. Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl is among the twentieth century's most enduring books. This has been a revered and widely admired monument to the indestructible essence of the human spirit, read by millions of people and translated into over fifty-five languages since its publication in 1947. Doubleday, publishing the diary's first English translation in 1952, now provides a new translation capturing Anne's youthful spirit and restoring the original material removed by Anne 's father, Otto — about thirty per cent of the diary. The elder Frank excised information about Anne 's evolving sexuality and about her mother's often-stormy relationships. Anne Frank and her family hid in the back of an office building in Amsterdam for two years, fleeing the atrocities of the Nazi occupying forces. It is the record of the period taken by Anne. She was thirteen when the family joined the "Hidden Annex," and in these books, she grew up to be a young woman and also proved to be an insightful observer of human nature. The Diary of a Young Girl, a timeless tale discovered by a new generation, remains beyond comparison. This young woman, who for a while survived the worst horrors the modern world has seen — and who remained triumphantly and heartbreakingly human during her ordeal — continues to be brought to life for young readers and adults.

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