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 11
... five years before . A few facts connected with this foreknowledge and despair are worth recollecting . In the year before the outbreak of the war I was asked by Victor Gollancz , Harold Laski , and John Strachey to write a book for the ...
... five years before . A few facts connected with this foreknowledge and despair are worth recollecting . In the year before the outbreak of the war I was asked by Victor Gollancz , Harold Laski , and John Strachey to write a book for the ...
Page 119
... five sons and five daughters of Sir Richard and Lady Strachey were remarkable people . They were nakedly and unashamably intellectuals . Each was a person in his or her own right - a rare thing ; they were so in- dividual as to appear ...
... five sons and five daughters of Sir Richard and Lady Strachey were remarkable people . They were nakedly and unashamably intellectuals . Each was a person in his or her own right - a rare thing ; they were so in- dividual as to appear ...
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... five in 1945 when the war ended and sixty - five is the usual for retirement . But I continued to grind away at year much of this political or social work for many years after the end of the war . And even in Rodmell I did a lot of work ...
... five in 1945 when the war ended and sixty - five is the usual for retirement . But I continued to grind away at year much of this political or social work for many years after the end of the war . And even in Rodmell I did a lot of work ...
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