Writing style
Conversational · Descriptive · Direct
Apple BooksDiary of a Young Girl
Biography and memoir
Description
This book presents Anne Frank’s Dutch-language diary from the two years she spent hiding with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Written during that period, the diary offers Anne’s own record of life under persecution rather than a later reconstruction of her experience. Her words preserve the perspective of a young person living through an extraordinary and dangerous historical moment. After the war, the recovered diaries were given to Anne’s father, Otto Frank, the family’s only survivor. Together, these writings form a personal document shaped by hiding, wartime occupation, and the fate of Anne’s family.
Reading profile
About this profile
Collected’s assessment, not reader ratings. Complexity runs from 1 (least demanding) to 5 (most demanding).
- Writing
- How much attention the sentences and language require.
- Ideas
- How much interpretation or abstract reasoning the book asks of you.
- Structure
- How much you need to keep track of speakers, timelines and connections.
- Background knowledge
- Prior knowledge needed to follow the book, beyond what it explains.
- Emotional intensity
- Emotional pressure, from gentle (1) to intense (5). Separate from difficulty.
Pace
Measured
Tone
Intimate · Melancholic · Reflective · Tense
Structure
Chronological nonfiction
Focus
Character · Voice
Emotional intensity
5 / 5
Reading complexity
1–5 · higher means more demanding- Writing
- 2 / 5
- Ideas
- 3 / 5
- Structure
- 2 / 5
- Background knowledge
- 2 / 5
Themes
Book details
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780141971667
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