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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To understand them , at least to some extent , one must , I think , consider the nature and history of cruelty . Mon- taigne in one of his essays writes : Amongst all other vices there is none I hate more than cruelty , both by nature ...
To understand them , at least to some extent , one must , I think , consider the nature and history of cruelty . Mon- taigne in one of his essays writes : Amongst all other vices there is none I hate more than cruelty , both by nature ...
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Both Virginia and I looked upon work not so much as a duty as a natural function or even law of nature . Except when we were officially " on holiday " , we each every day retired to our respective rooms and worked from 9.30 to 1 ...
Both Virginia and I looked upon work not so much as a duty as a natural function or even law of nature . Except when we were officially " on holiday " , we each every day retired to our respective rooms and worked from 9.30 to 1 ...
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... to London once a week to the office , read MSS , and deal with the larger problems of publishing . On the surface The Hogarth Press , as a publishing business , has changed its nature considerably since John Lehmann left it in 1946.
... to London once a week to the office , read MSS , and deal with the larger problems of publishing . On the surface The Hogarth Press , as a publishing business , has changed its nature considerably since John Lehmann left it in 1946.
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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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