Growing, an Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911The author's account of his seven years as a civil servant in Ceylon. |
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In Calcutta and Simla , in Colombo and Nuwara Eliya , the social structure and
relations between Europeans rested on the same kind of snobbery ,
pretentiousness , and false pretensions as they did in Putney or Peckham . No
one can ...
In Calcutta and Simla , in Colombo and Nuwara Eliya , the social structure and
relations between Europeans rested on the same kind of snobbery ,
pretentiousness , and false pretensions as they did in Putney or Peckham . No
one can ...
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that I had returned to Colombo en route back to London and his home . So he set
off back again by the way we had come , down the railway line to Colombo . At
any rate , two Church Missionary Society lady missionaries , Miss Beeching and ...
that I had returned to Colombo en route back to London and his home . So he set
off back again by the way we had come , down the railway line to Colombo . At
any rate , two Church Missionary Society lady missionaries , Miss Beeching and ...
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One day I received from the Government in Colombo a telegram informing me
that Baron Blixen , a Danish cousin of Queen Alexandra , was coming to shoot in
my District , and I was to help him in every way possible . I found that the Baron ...
One day I received from the Government in Colombo a telegram informing me
that Baron Blixen , a Danish cousin of Queen Alexandra , was coming to shoot in
my District , and I was to help him in every way possible . I found that the Baron ...
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User Review - Jenney - LibraryThingIn the feudal society of Ceylon "I felt that there was some depth of happiness rather than pleasure, of satisfaction, . . . which the western world is losing or has lost." (p 158) Judgments such as ... Read full review
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User Review - robertsgirl - LibraryThingThis is the second book Leonard Woolf wrote of his life. He is a graceful author, and a sensitive man. Good look into an aristocratic young britisher and his growing up. Read full review
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| Title | Growing, an Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911 Volume 2 of An autobiography, Leonard Woolf Leonard Woolf Volume 2 of Autobiography, Leonard Woolf |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0701202521, 9780701202521 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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