Diary of Anne Frank [Hardcover]

Frances Goodrich (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 12, 1956

Written with rare insight, humor and intimacy, this book is one of the classics of our time. To hundreds of thousands of people, it represents the true horror and tragedy of the Nazi occupation.

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Written with rare insight, humor and intimacy, this book is one of the classics of our time. To hundreds of thousands of people, it represents the true horror and tragedy of the Nazi occupation.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 174 pages
• Publisher: Random House; First Thus edition (August 12, 1956)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394405641
• ISBN-13: 978-0394405643
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #826,663 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #75 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > People, A-Z > ( F ) > Frank, Anne

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My first personal encounter with the horrors of world war II, July 29, 1998

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This review is from: Diary of Anne Frank (Hardcover)

Even though I was born during the war and grew up with the remembrance of it I was untouched by its reaality. When, at the age of 14, I first read Anne Frank's diary it was perhaps the most amazing encounter with the horrors perpetuated on millions but seen through the eyes of one person.

Her little diary gave the world a personal view and meaning to the millions who suffered the same fate. It will continue to be read and lets hope they will be young readers, caught in time to perceive it while their hearts and minds are still impressionable. It simply proves that life is a wonderful mystery. Anne Frank's diary and death were destined to touch the hearts and minds of millions. Her legacy written into history as a trivial, adolescent words scribbled in her little diary to transgress time.

My own question when reading her diary was "who was Hitler?" which brought tears to my mother's eyes. She said, I was told that someday your children will ask ! that question. One great and powerful forgotten, another, a little sparrow, remembered by millions.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Anne Frank, November 6, 2002

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Sprtzgrl247 (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Diary of Anne Frank (Hardcover)

When I first read the story about Anne Frank, I was in 8th grade where every english teacher in my school had chosen to read this story to all of there students. I had no idea of what the story was going to be about and also had no idea who Anne Frank was. But after reading about her life, I had saw how hard it must have been for her.

This year in school we had to choose a book to read and do a book report on it. I had chosen to do Anne Frank because I had already read a little about her but I had wanted to learn more information about her and life for Jewish people during WW2. By reading both of this book it had shown me how hard it was for Jewish people of all ages. They where taken out of there homes and sent to a concentration camp where most of them later died. It puts the whole world to shame because we all knew about this and nothing was getting done early. But finally we were able to help them and save them.

It takes a brave little girl like Anne to be able to write everything down in a diary that was happening in her life. And by Mr. Frank giving Anne's book to be published must had taken a lot of courage also. But in many ways we are glad that he did because Anne had showed us in many ways how tough it was to be Jewish and how hard it was to go into hiding. I would recommend this book for people off all ages because it is a wonderful book, and I know everyone will enjoy reading it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Wrong genre--it's a play, not the book, September 7, 2009

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A. O'Neal (Arkansas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Diary of Anne Frank (Hardcover)

Be aware this is the drama version of the book, not the book itself. I was ordering based on reviews, but did not know it was a play version until I received it. If you enlarge the cover it is visible, but no where in the description Amazon gives. Disappointed as I ordered two copies through private sellers!