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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All the men of military age were called up , ten thousand infantry— “ I shan't be here tomorrow , Sir " and the Persian army was defeated and the war ended with the battle of Marathon . It answered to our war of 1914-1918 .
All the men of military age were called up , ten thousand infantry— “ I shan't be here tomorrow , Sir " and the Persian army was defeated and the war ended with the battle of Marathon . It answered to our war of 1914-1918 .
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I buried Virginia's ashes at the foot of the great elm tree on the bank of the great lawn in the garden , called the Croft , which looks out over the field and the water- meadows . There were two great elms there with boughs interlaced ...
I buried Virginia's ashes at the foot of the great elm tree on the bank of the great lawn in the garden , called the Croft , which looks out over the field and the water- meadows . There were two great elms there with boughs interlaced ...
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There are , I think , four sciences , departments of knowledge , or disciplines , as they are called in academic circles , which are almost completely phoney : the most bogus is theo- logy ; then comes economics ; in third and fourth ...
There are , I think , four sciences , departments of knowledge , or disciplines , as they are called in academic circles , which are almost completely phoney : the most bogus is theo- logy ; then comes economics ; in third and fourth ...
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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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