The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition

Anne Frank

Oct 2011 · Bantam

About this ebook

Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl is among the most enduring documents of the twentieth century. Since its publication in 1947, it has been read by tens of millions of people all over the world. It remains a beloved and deeply admired testament to the indestructible nature of the human spirit. Restored in this Definitive Edition are diary entries that were omitted from the original edition. These passages, which constitute 30 percent more material, reinforce the fact that Anne was first and foremost a teenage girl, not a remote and flawless symbol. She fretted about and tried to cope with her own sexuality. Like many young girls, she often found herself in disagreements with her mother. And like any teenager, she veered between the carefree nature of a child and the full-fledged sorrow of an adult. Anne emerges more human, more vulnerable and more vital than ever.

Anne Frank and her family, fleeing the horrors of Nazi occupation, hid in the back of an Amsterdam warehouse for two years. She was thirteen when she went into the Secret Annex with her family.


From the Paperback edition.

Ratings and reviews

Im not a fan of slow books, I like the thrill of wanting the next surprise. This book is kind of exciting but also very sad since its actually real. Good read but not my favorite.

I found Anne to be naive and arrogant most of the time. I enjoyed the war updates and some entries about life in the annex but over all I wanted to quit reading half way through.

Best book ever I never read a book mahh teacher gave mehhh thissa u enjoyed it its exellent I luv it any body that search thiss up and hasss monet buy it ^_^

About the author

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.

Francine Prose is the author of the novels A Changed Man and Blue Angel, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, the guide Reading Like a Writer, and Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife.