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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The terrible stories and Mrs Cole's passionate indignation had a great effect upon me : for the first time I had , I think , a vague feeling or dim understanding of the difference between civilization and barbarism .
The terrible stories and Mrs Cole's passionate indignation had a great effect upon me : for the first time I had , I think , a vague feeling or dim understanding of the difference between civilization and barbarism .
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But to do this kind of thing all the time for a long time has a curious effect upon the mind . You live on the surface of things , on the surface of life and its problems , on the surface of your own mind .
But to do this kind of thing all the time for a long time has a curious effect upon the mind . You live on the surface of things , on the surface of life and its problems , on the surface of your own mind .
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In order to get some idea of its object and effect I propose to examine what exactly this work consisted of during the six years of the war , 1939 to 1945 , at the end of which I was sixty - five years old .
In order to get some idea of its object and effect I propose to examine what exactly this work consisted of during the six years of the war , 1939 to 1945 , at the end of which I was sixty - five years old .
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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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| Վերնագիր | The Journey Not the Arrival Matters: An Autobiography of the Years 1939 to 1969 A Harvest book ; HB 323 Հատոր 323 of Harvest books |
| Հեղինակ | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Հրատարակիչ | Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975 |
| Original from | Միչիգանի համալսարան |
| Digitized | 6 Օգոստոս 2011 |
| ISBN | 015646523X, 9780156465236 |
| Length | 217 էջ |
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