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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Page 54
... finally left us sitting in complete darkness . Then quickly came the collapse of the French and the retreat of the British to Dunkirk . In Rodmell Dunkirk was a harrowing business . There was not merely the public catastrophe , the ...
... finally left us sitting in complete darkness . Then quickly came the collapse of the French and the retreat of the British to Dunkirk . In Rodmell Dunkirk was a harrowing business . There was not merely the public catastrophe , the ...
Page 70
... finally without servants , without any responsibility for anyone beside ourselves , gave us an additional feeling of freedom and of the dead calm in the centre of the hurricane . The calm came partly from the routine which estab- lished ...
... finally without servants , without any responsibility for anyone beside ourselves , gave us an additional feeling of freedom and of the dead calm in the centre of the hurricane . The calm came partly from the routine which estab- lished ...
Page 110
... finally decided that Leonard and I had reached a point of no return : if our partnership remained the same , with each of us able to veto any project the other proposed , not only would The Hogarth Press come to IIO THE JOURNEY NOT THE ...
... finally decided that Leonard and I had reached a point of no return : if our partnership remained the same , with each of us able to veto any project the other proposed , not only would The Hogarth Press come to IIO THE JOURNEY NOT THE ...
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