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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As a result of that vision of the German brutality , when war had actually come and one had to face the possibility , if not probability , of invasion , Adrian told us that he would commit suicide rather than fall into German hands ...
As a result of that vision of the German brutality , when war had actually come and one had to face the possibility , if not probability , of invasion , Adrian told us that he would commit suicide rather than fall into German hands ...
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... and the press , concentrated in the hands of Cabinet Ministers , generals , cardinals , bishops , and editors ... and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness ; and the goat shall bear upon him all their ...
... and the press , concentrated in the hands of Cabinet Ministers , generals , cardinals , bishops , and editors ... and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness ; and the goat shall bear upon him all their ...
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I left him a very free hand , and , considering that we were both what I should call prickly characters , things went on for the most part pretty smoothly . We had two or three rather violent disagreements .
I left him a very free hand , and , considering that we were both what I should call prickly characters , things went on for the most part pretty smoothly . We had two or three rather violent disagreements .
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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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