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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I think that I felt the physical oppressive- ness of human beings in the mass most heavily when , in the worst days of the blitz , I passed through Russell Square Underground Station at night on my way to or from my house in ...
I think that I felt the physical oppressive- ness of human beings in the mass most heavily when , in the worst days of the blitz , I passed through Russell Square Underground Station at night on my way to or from my house in ...
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It was partly that we felt physically and socially cut off , marooned . 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 ...
It was partly that we felt physically and socially cut off , marooned . 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 ...
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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 . It is no good trying to delude oneself that one can escape the consequences of a ...
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 . It is no good trying to delude oneself that one can escape the consequences of a ...
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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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