The Diary of Anne Frank : The Revised Critical Edition

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Summary: a wonderful resource
Review: Many readers are familiar with Anne Frank: The diary of a young girl which is an edited version of the diary Anne wrote while in hiding. What the revised critical edition is three versions of Anne's diary: The version which was edited by her father and first published, the version that Anne herself edited while in hiding, and Anne's complete diary. These three versions run side by side in the book allowing the reader to see the differences between them. Also before the diary itself there is a lengthy introduction with information about the Frank family, how the diary came to be published and different editions of the diary.

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Summary: This is a large book. Not a pocket book.
Review: The revised critical edidion was released from the netherlands institute for war and is the most comprehensive study of the diary. The first 195 pages, before the Diaries of Anne Frank (which is three editions of the diary. Her original journal, her manuscript as she edited it, and the popular story with her father's revisions.)Is a complete history of Anne Frank, starting with the pictures of young anne and family. Then the horrifying arrest. Miep reported the final moments with the Franks. After, "betrayal." the book tackles the question of how they were finally discovered after so long in hidding in the annex. So close to German defeat. Then the sadening story of "imprisonment and deportation". Included in this edition are the Tales "From the secret annex and Cady's life." I found the work impressive, The extents to prove the legitemacy of the pages, the story and pictures, that completed the picture started by Anne from her diaries.

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Summary: Every detail you could possibly want!
Review: This book has everything you could need or want to know about Anne Frank. Unlike other versions of The Diary of Anne Frank, this book has three different versions of how the diary was translated. The first 150 pages or so are actual pictures of the diary, pictures of her family,a detail story of the Heinrich family's life and analyzation of her handwriting. The book is extremely detailed there for, it is not a book to read if you want to do easy reading and can get boring if you are not really interested in the life of Anne Frank.

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Summary: great authors plus great subjects equal really great books
Review: To make this review short and simple if my title doesn't tell it all ...The diary of anne frank is a great story about a little girl along with others who try and decieve hitler's gestapo/ green police by hiding and in the end are found out taken away where later they all,expect one Anne's father die. From this amazing girl,her diary and her father, Otto we are able to read the story and learn about a girl and others who have a diffcult time surviving World War two as well as each other.