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 196
... Ceylon to govern itself this local provincial administration was exactly the same as it had been fifty years before when I left the island in the heyday of imperialism . * It was not only the Ceylon civil servants of today who handed ...
... Ceylon to govern itself this local provincial administration was exactly the same as it had been fifty years before when I left the island in the heyday of imperialism . * It was not only the Ceylon civil servants of today who handed ...
Page 199
... Ceylon today ? Has it changed much from your time ? " But it is not just vanity if I say that my welcome was also due to other things ; chief among them was The Village in the Jungle , the novel about Ceylon which I wrote in 1913. It ...
... Ceylon today ? Has it changed much from your time ? " But it is not just vanity if I say that my welcome was also due to other things ; chief among them was The Village in the Jungle , the novel about Ceylon which I wrote in 1913. It ...
Page 208
... Ceylon Civil Service as long ago as 1911 . I said that the Mudaliyar was the only person who , during my revisiting Ceylon , showed me hostility or re- minded me that I had been an imperialist . After my visit , however , there were ...
... Ceylon Civil Service as long ago as 1911 . I said that the Mudaliyar was the only person who , during my revisiting Ceylon , showed me hostility or re- minded me that I had been an imperialist . After my visit , however , there were ...
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