The Journey Not the Arrival Matters: An Autobiography of the Years 1939 to 1969The author's account of World War II, his wife's death, and his political and literary activities. "A splendid ending to one of the most remarkable literary achievements of our time" (New York Times Book Review). Index; photographs. |
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For here in 1939 were five ordinary intelligent people in England , coolly and prudently supplying themselves with means for committing suicide in order to avoid the tortures which almost certainly awaited them if the Germans ever got ...
For here in 1939 were five ordinary intelligent people in England , coolly and prudently supplying themselves with means for committing suicide in order to avoid the tortures which almost certainly awaited them if the Germans ever got ...
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When I returned to England after this seven - year interval , I was intensely interested in the political and social system ; I could observe it with the fresh eye of a stranger , and also to some extent with the eye of an expert ...
When I returned to England after this seven - year interval , I was intensely interested in the political and social system ; I could observe it with the fresh eye of a stranger , and also to some extent with the eye of an expert ...
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It is not a very good stick , ” I said , “ but it is a rather curious stick , and , whenever I use it in England , I shall remember the market - place in Sparta and Greece and the Acropolis and you . " He laughed and sat down by my side ...
It is not a very good stick , ” I said , “ but it is a rather curious stick , and , whenever I use it in England , I shall remember the market - place in Sparta and Greece and the Acropolis and you . " He laughed and sat down by my side ...
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Հաճախորդի կարծիքը - rowmyboat - LibraryThingAh, the somewhat less famous husband of Virginia! I've read volumes 1 and 5 of his autobiography, and loved them. Leonard Woolf was an extremely intelligent man and an excellent writer. His prose has ... Read full review
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