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 strange first air raid of the war - it was , of course , a false alarm - came to Rodmell on a lovely autumnal or late summer day . It came , I think , just after or before breakfast and I walked out onto the lawn which looks over ...
The strange first air raid of the war - it was , of course , a false alarm - came to Rodmell on a lovely autumnal or late summer day . It came , I think , just after or before breakfast and I walked out onto the lawn which looks over ...
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The extraordinary purity and beauty of character and of mind were still there , the strange mix- ture of innocence and wisdom . The purity , moral and mental , was the most remarkable of Moore's qualities ; I have never known anything ...
The extraordinary purity and beauty of character and of mind were still there , the strange mix- ture of innocence and wisdom . The purity , moral and mental , was the most remarkable of Moore's qualities ; I have never known anything ...
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The entry for January 9 is again strange , showing her pre- occupation with death : A blank . All frost . Still frost . Burning white . Burn- ing blue . The elms red . I did not mean to describe , once more , the downs in snow ; but it ...
The entry for January 9 is again strange , showing her pre- occupation with death : A blank . All frost . Still frost . Burning white . Burn- ing blue . The elms red . I did not mean to describe , once more , the downs in snow ; but it ...
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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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