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 1931 I had become joint editor of the Political Quarterly with Willie Robson ; when the war came , Willie went into the Ministry of Fuel and Power and had to give up his editorship . From 1940 to 1946 I was sole editor and , under ...
In 1931 I had become joint editor of the Political Quarterly with Willie Robson ; when the war came , Willie went into the Ministry of Fuel and Power and had to give up his editorship . From 1940 to 1946 I was sole editor and , under ...
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This was because the editor , Kingsley Martin , when he wanted to go on holiday for a week or more or when he went on one of those peregrinations in Europe or Asia which are essential stimulants to the life- blood of good journalists ...
This was because the editor , Kingsley Martin , when he wanted to go on holiday for a week or more or when he went on one of those peregrinations in Europe or Asia which are essential stimulants to the life- blood of good journalists ...
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The competence of the editor to pontificate on some of these subjects is probably no higher than that of a celibate old gentleman in Rome to lay down the law on the intimacies and intricacies of copulation and the mechanics of ...
The competence of the editor to pontificate on some of these subjects is probably no higher than that of a celibate old gentleman in Rome to lay down the law on the intimacies and intricacies of copulation and the mechanics of ...
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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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