# Young Adolf

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{{short description|1978 novel by Beryl Bainbridge}}
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|image             = YoungAdolf.jpg
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|caption           = Cover of the first edition
|author            = [Beryl Bainbridge](/source/Beryl_Bainbridge)
|country           = [London](/source/London), [England](/source/England), [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)
|language          = [English](/source/English_language)
|subject           = [Adolf Hitler](/source/Adolf_Hitler)
|genre             = [Novel](/source/Novel)
|set_in            = [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool)
|publisher         = [Gerald Duckworth & Co.](/source/Duckworth_Books)
|pub_date          = 1978
|media_type        = Print
|pages             = 174
|awards            = 
|isbn              = 978-0-7156-1323-8
|oclc              = 
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|congress          = 
|preceded_by       = <!-- for books in a series -->
|followed_by       = <!-- for books in a series -->
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'''''Young Adolf'''''<ref>{{cite book|author=[Beryl Bainbridge](/source/Beryl_Bainbridge)|title=Young Adolf|url=https://archive.org/details/youngadolf00bain/page/n6/mode/1up|location=London|publisher=[Gerald Duckworth & Co.](/source/Duckworth_Books)|year=1978|isbn=978-0-7156-1323-8}}</ref> is a novel<ref name="nla">{{Cite book|url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2621775|title=Young Adolf|first=Beryl|last=Bainbridge|date=November 20, 1978|publisher=Duckworth|isbn=9780715613238|access-date=November 20, 2019|via=National Library of Australia (new catalog)}}</ref> written by author [Beryl Bainbridge](/source/Beryl_Bainbridge), and first published in 1978 by [Duckworth](/source/Gerald_Duckworth_and_Company).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/beryl-bainbridge|title=Beryl Bainbridge|website=British Council Literature|publisher=[British Council](/source/British_Council)|access-date=2016-01-26}}</ref> Presented as [biographical fiction](/source/biography_in_literature), the book's main character is 23-year-old [Adolf Hitler](/source/Adolf_Hitler).<ref name="GoogleBooks">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=51sPAAAAMAAJ&q=Beryl+Bainbridge+Young+Adolf|title=Young Adolf|first=Beryl|last=Bainbridge|date=November 20, 1979|publisher=Braziller|isbn=9780807609101|access-date=November 20, 2019|via=Google Books}}</ref> Hitler visits relatives in [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool), where he gets into serious trouble with the [English](/source/English_people).<ref name="Amazon">{{cite book|title=Young Adolf|last=Bainbridge|first= Beryl|date=21 September 1995|publisher=Carroll & Graf|isbn=978-0786702589}}</ref>

The book was adapted for television as ''The Journal of Bridget Hitler'' in 1981.<ref>[https://archive.today/20121224115953/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/252146 BFI.org]</ref>

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Category:1978 British novels
Category:Biographical novels
Category:British novels adapted into television shows
Category:Gerald Duckworth and Company books
Category:Novels about Adolf Hitler
Category:Novels by Beryl Bainbridge
Category:Novels set in Liverpool

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