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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he had been living a stuffy , petit bourgeois * life behind lace curtains in some dreary , respectable back street . The war and the bombs seemed completely to have changed his outlook on life . He had not quite reached the stage of ...
he had been living a stuffy , petit bourgeois * life behind lace curtains in some dreary , respectable back street . The war and the bombs seemed completely to have changed his outlook on life . He had not quite reached the stage of ...
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in fear , regret , pity , for the annihilation or snuffing out of a life , of a living being . If you are the Pope or the Archbishop of Canterbury or the rector of Rodmell or the Queen of England or the headmaster of Eton or the Lord ...
in fear , regret , pity , for the annihilation or snuffing out of a life , of a living being . If you are the Pope or the Archbishop of Canterbury or the rector of Rodmell or the Queen of England or the headmaster of Eton or the Lord ...
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But in 1900 the population of Ceylon was almost entirely agricultural , peasants and cultivators living in villages . In these villages the standards of living , education , and culture were low . Given these conditions , our provincial ...
But in 1900 the population of Ceylon was almost entirely agricultural , peasants and cultivators living in villages . In these villages the standards of living , education , and culture were low . Given these conditions , our provincial ...
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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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