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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In the latter part of 1940 , when we were living permanently in Rodmell , it was during the mass raids on London a sinister thing to listen every night to the drone of the German planes flying inland . In the hour or more of silence ...
In the latter part of 1940 , when we were living permanently in Rodmell , it was during the mass raids on London a sinister thing to listen every night to the drone of the German planes flying inland . In the hour or more of silence ...
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We had been bombed out of London . After November one had to hoard one's petrol and it was no longer possible to go to London by car . Travel by train became more and more tedious . All this meant that for the first time in our lives ...
We had been bombed out of London . After November one had to hoard one's petrol and it was no longer possible to go to London by car . Travel by train became more and more tedious . All this meant that for the first time in our lives ...
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We now had nowhere to stay in London and became for the first time in our lives country folk , living permanently in Monks House , Rodmell . The first effect of this and of the evacuation of The Hogarth Press in September 1940 to ...
We now had nowhere to stay in London and became for the first time in our lives country folk , living permanently in Monks House , Rodmell . The first effect of this and of the evacuation of The Hogarth Press in September 1940 to ...
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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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