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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Page 155
The verdict on The 2 ears which I now gave her was not absolutely and
completely what I thought about it. As I read it I was greatly relieved. It was
obviously not in any way as bad as she thought it to be; it was in many ways a
remarkable book ...
The verdict on The 2 ears which I now gave her was not absolutely and
completely what I thought about it. As I read it I was greatly relieved. It was
obviously not in any way as bad as she thought it to be; it was in many ways a
remarkable book ...
Page 185
He thought it would be as well for me to consult someone in the F.O. It seemed to
me absurd that any Englishman, whether Jew or Gentile, should hesitate to enter
a European country. I remembered Palmerston's famous speech: 'Civis ...
He thought it would be as well for me to consult someone in the F.O. It seemed to
me absurd that any Englishman, whether Jew or Gentile, should hesitate to enter
a European country. I remembered Palmerston's famous speech: 'Civis ...
Page 250
Everything about him—his mind, body, voice, thought, wit, and humour—was
individually his own, unlike that of anyone else. His conversation was entrancing,
for his talk was profounder, wittier, more interesting, and original than his writing.
Everything about him—his mind, body, voice, thought, wit, and humour—was
individually his own, unlike that of anyone else. His conversation was entrancing,
for his talk was profounder, wittier, more interesting, and original than his writing.
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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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