Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Volume 2"Leonard Woolf, aged twenty-four, went forth to help rule the British Empire. He returned home to London at thirty-one an older and wiser man. Soon afterward, he married Virginia Stephen. Growing is the story of the years in between, just before the growth of the Bloomsbury Group in London." -- Dust jacket. |
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... Baron Blixen , a Danish cousin of Queen Alexandra , was coming to shoot in my District , and I was to help him in every way possible . I found that the Baron was one of a party of Scandinavian aristocrats who were coming to shoot . Two ...
... Baron Blixen , a Danish cousin of Queen Alexandra , was coming to shoot in my District , and I was to help him in every way possible . I found that the Baron was one of a party of Scandinavian aristocrats who were coming to shoot . Two ...
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... Blixen , Baron , 219–221 Bridge , 40 ; 136-137 Buddhism , 159–163 ; 227- 228 ; 242-244 Capital Punishment , 168 Captain L. , 13-14 Case , Miss , 26 ; 44 ; 69 Casippillai , V. , 109-110 Caste , Questions of , 24C - 241 Ceylon Civil ...
... Blixen , Baron , 219–221 Bridge , 40 ; 136-137 Buddhism , 159–163 ; 227- 228 ; 242-244 Capital Punishment , 168 Captain L. , 13-14 Case , Miss , 26 ; 44 ; 69 Casippillai , V. , 109-110 Caste , Questions of , 24C - 241 Ceylon Civil ...
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