Downhill All the Way: An Autobiography of the Years 1919-1939Leonard Woolf's recollections of his life with Virginia Woolf during the years when she wrote her major novels; also an account of the growth of the Hogarth Press, as well as portraits of Sigmund Freud, T. S. Eliot, and others. "There is a lucid probity in Leonard Woolf's writing" (Leon Edel, Saturday Review). Index; photographs. |
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For instance, the above statement about Hogarth House is not true, though for
years I believed it to be true. When in 1915 we took a lease of Hogarth House, it
was part of a large eighteenth-century mansion which belonged to a lady living in
...
For instance, the above statement about Hogarth House is not true, though for
years I believed it to be true. When in 1915 we took a lease of Hogarth House, it
was part of a large eighteenth-century mansion which belonged to a lady living in
...
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... years before which gave to Hogarth House its extraordinary character of being
the perfect envelope for everyday life. ... inside wall of the drawing-room, told us
that in all his experience he had never seen as thick an inside wall in a house.
... years before which gave to Hogarth House its extraordinary character of being
the perfect envelope for everyday life. ... inside wall of the drawing-room, told us
that in all his experience he had never seen as thick an inside wall in a house.
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But what has the deepest and most permanent effect upon oneself and one's way
of living is the house in which one lives. The house determines the day-to-day,
hour-to-hour, minute-tominute quality, colour, atmosphere, pace of one's life; it is
...
But what has the deepest and most permanent effect upon oneself and one's way
of living is the house in which one lives. The house determines the day-to-day,
hour-to-hour, minute-tominute quality, colour, atmosphere, pace of one's life; it is
...
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| Title | Downhill All the Way: An Autobiography of the Years 1919-1939 A Harvest book ; HB 322 Volume 322 of Harvest books |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | illustrated, reissue |
| Publisher | Hogarth P., 1967 |
| ISBN | 0156261456, 9780156261456 |
| Length | 259 pages |
| Subjects | › Biography & Autobiography / Historical Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures Biography & Autobiography / Political |
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