The Diary of Anne Frank (Paperback)

by Wendy Ann Kesselman (Author), Albert Hackett (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Dramatists Play Service (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 082221718X
• ISBN-13: 978-0822217183
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #76,034 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars sad but uplifting, December 20, 1999

By	"bmm315" (Holyoke, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Diary of Anne Frank. (Paperback)

This is one of the most depressing and yet uplifting stories of all time. I just finished a production of the play and I know that there wasn't a dry eye in the audience at curtain call. Anne's statement that "in spite of everything, people really are good at heart" shows that even close to death, love and hope survive. It's a story that everyone should read; it teaches a lot about life.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply must be read., February 15, 2005

By	S. Hebbron "S B H." (Leicester UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Diary of Anne Frank. (Paperback)

If ever there was a text that should not only be read but read and re-read, then this insightful and intensely private collection is it. One cannot stress enough how important the work is, not only in terms of it's strong statement agaisnt racism and facism, but also in terms of it's fragile beauty.
The tragedy of the novel is in it's exposed privacy, the emerging spirit of a developing and intelligent young woman and the sense it gives us of a thousand similair stories never told and lost forever.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Book, January 17, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Diary of Anne Frank. (Paperback)

Online Reader-
After having just read this book for an English assiment I have only just now realized how much a War can do to someone.
I admit to crying throughout the book, and while reading I was heartbroken to hear of all of the misfortune that befell these inocent people. And to think that one man-Hitler-could cause all of this pain and misery made me insanly angry at him, and ashamed for all of those who followed him blindly.
In this book, and young girl Anne, and her family, as well as another family and Mr. Dussel, (seven people in all) went into hiding from the Nazis for TWO YEARS.
I feel so sorry for them that having not to breathe fresh air for two years, and to be cramped up with many people for two years, and the end result was being killed by the Nazis. I am so glad, however, that we now have her diary, and realize and know so much more about the Holocaust and all of the people who had to endure it's brutalness.