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Originally Posted by issybird
It is interesting to compare Testament of Youth, published in 1933, with the diary that was its primary source, published posthumously as Chronicle of Youth. Chronicle is both more immediate and rawer as is to be expected, and it's also more revealing about Brittain's youthful foibles and opinions.
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Is Chronicle of Youth a diary, whereas the other is a 'dramatised version' of the diary? That would seem to tally with my very vague memory of Testament of Youth.