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Like Fitzjames he would walk for miles; but he would do more, he would run, he
would row, he would scale mountains, and in fact he became, as he, in his self-
deprecating way, put it 'wiry.' He was in fact a famous walker, an oarsman, a
coach ...
Like Fitzjames he would walk for miles; but he would do more, he would run, he
would row, he would scale mountains, and in fact he became, as he, in his self-
deprecating way, put it 'wiry.' He was in fact a famous walker, an oarsman, a
coach ...
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In fact he probably knew that he had cancer. At the end of the year he wrote to his
eldest son: "They have, I suppose, explained my state to you. I do not think that
they have quite taken in the fact-it is a fact-that the trouble is now steadily ...
In fact he probably knew that he had cancer. At the end of the year he wrote to his
eldest son: "They have, I suppose, explained my state to you. I do not think that
they have quite taken in the fact-it is a fact-that the trouble is now steadily ...
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Add to these qualities the fact that she had a great admiration for the novels of
Virginia Woolf and that she was herself a writer and she appears irresistible. And
yet for a time Virginia did resist her. Their first encounter, as we have seen, was at
...
Add to these qualities the fact that she had a great admiration for the novels of
Virginia Woolf and that she was herself a writer and she appears irresistible. And
yet for a time Virginia did resist her. Their first encounter, as we have seen, was at
...
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User Review - AliceAnna - LibraryThingI don't like Ms. Woolf any better knowing her history, but maybe I will be able to better understand her writings. On the other hand, however, Leonard Woolf was a saint! Read full review
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Contents
CHAPTER | 22 |
Clive Bell and the Writing | 207 |
Appendix B Fantasy upon a Gentleman | 253 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Virginia Woolf: a biography, Volumes 1-2 |
| Author | Quentin Bell |
| Edition | 2, illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Hogarth, 1990 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 23 May 2008 |
| Length | 316 pages |
| Subjects | › › 20th century Authors, English Biography Biography & Autobiography / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Novelists, English Women authors, English Women novelists, English Woolf, Virginia |
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