The Diary of a Young Girl

The Definitive Edition

Introduction by Francine Prose

The Definitive Edition

By Anne Frank
Edited by Otto M. Frank and Mirjam Pressler
Translated by Susan Massotty

By Anne Frank
Introduction by Francine Prose
Edited by Otto H. Frank and Mirjam Pressler
Translated by Susan Massotty

By Anne Frank
Read by Selma Blair

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    About The Diary of a Young Girl

    Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank’s remarkable diary has since become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. 

    In 1942, with Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, they and another family lived cloistered in the “Secret Annex” of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death. In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and amusing, her account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short.

    Praise for The Diary of a Young Girl

    “A truly remarkable book.”—The New York Times

    “One of the most moving personal documents to come out of World War II.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

    “There may be no better way to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II than to reread The Diary of a Young Girl, a testament to an indestructible nobility of spirit in the face of pure evil.”—Chicago Tribune

    “The single most compelling personal account of the Holocaust . . . remains astonishing and excruciating.”—The New York Times Book Review

    “How brilliantly Anne Frank captures the self-conscious alienation and naïve self-absorption of adolescence.”—Newsday

    About The Diary of a Young Girl

    In Everyman’s Library for the first time—one of the most moving and eloquent accounts of the Holocaust, read by tens of millions of people around the world since its publication in 1947.

    The Diary of a Young Girl     is the record of two years in the life of a remarkable Jewish girl whose triumphant humanity in the face of unfathomable deprivation and fear has made the book one of the most enduring documents of our time.

    The Everyman’s hardcover edition reprints the Definitive Edition authorized by the Frank estate, plus a new introduction, a bibliography, and a chronology of Anne Frank’s life and times.

    About The Diary of a Young Girl

    Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank’s remarkable diary has since become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit.

    “The single most compelling personal account of the Holocaust … remains astonishing and excruciating.”—The New York Times Book Review

    In 1942, with Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, they and another family lived cloistered in the “Secret Annex” of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death. In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and amusing, her account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short.

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    Praise

    “A truly remarkable book.”—The New York Times

    “One of the most moving personal documents to come out of World War II.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

    “The new edition reveals a new depth to Anne’s dreams, irritations, hardship, and passions. . . . There may be no better way to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II than to reread The Diary of a Young Girl, a testament to an indestructible nobility of spirit in the face of pure evil.”—Chicago Tribune 

    “The single most compelling personal account of the Holocaust . . . remains astonishing and excruciating.”—The New York Times Book Review

    “How brilliantly Anne Frank captures the self-conscious alienation and naïve self-absorption of adolescence.”—Newsday

    About Anne Frank

    Anne Frank was born in 1929 in Germany. Her family moved to Amsterdam in 1933, and she died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945. Her diary, published as The Diary of a Young Girl, which documents her life in hiding from 1942… More about Anne Frank

    About Anne Frank

    Anne Frank was born in 1929 in Germany. Her family moved to Amsterdam in 1933, and she died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945. Her diary, published as The Diary of a Young Girl, which documents her life in hiding from 1942… More about Anne Frank

    About Anne Frank

    Anne Frank was born in 1929 in Germany. Her family moved to Amsterdam in 1933, and she died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945. Her diary, published as The Diary of a Young Girl, which documents her life in hiding from 1942… More about Anne Frank

    Product Details

    Mass Market Paperback
    Published by Bantam
    Feb 03, 1997 | 400 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780553577129

    Hardcover
    Published by Everyman’s Library
    Oct 19, 2010 | 320 Pages | 4-7/8 x 8-1/8 | ISBN 9780307594006

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    Published by Listening Library
    May 25, 2010 | 595 Minutes | Young Adult | ISBN 9780739368152

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