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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Having become well - to - do rentiers , they hardly altered their way of life , for they continued to live in my cottage and Percy went on working as my gardener until he went blind . They then bought a house in Lewes .
Having become well - to - do rentiers , they hardly altered their way of life , for they continued to live in my cottage and Percy went on working as my gardener until he went blind . They then bought a house in Lewes .
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Chapter Three 1941-1945 FTER Virginia's death I continued to live in Rodmell . A Many Many of my friends , I think , felt that I ought not to remain alone there ; they offered to come and stay with me or asked me to stay with them .
Chapter Three 1941-1945 FTER Virginia's death I continued to live in Rodmell . A Many Many of my friends , I think , felt that I ought not to remain alone there ; they offered to come and stay with me or asked me to stay with them .
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But I continued to grind away at year much of this political or social work for many years after the end of the war . And even in Rodmell I did a lot of work of the same kind , of a political , social , or communal nature ; for I was ...
But I continued to grind away at year much of this political or social work for many years after the end of the war . And even in Rodmell I did a lot of work of the same kind , of a political , social , or communal nature ; for I was ...
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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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