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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Page 92
By that time , I was more or less comfortableand I had been in acute discomfort
for days — and when I left the koddu about midnight , I was recovered . There
was a great deal to be said against our rule of Ceylon , which , of course , was
bleak ...
By that time , I was more or less comfortableand I had been in acute discomfort
for days — and when I left the koddu about midnight , I was recovered . There
was a great deal to be said against our rule of Ceylon , which , of course , was
bleak ...
Page 156
One was continually having to deal with the planters and their estates and labour
, and there was much business connected with the sale and settlement of Crown
Land . All this I found dull and irritating . On the other hand everything to do with ...
One was continually having to deal with the planters and their estates and labour
, and there was much business connected with the sale and settlement of Crown
Land . All this I found dull and irritating . On the other hand everything to do with ...
Page 223
I refused to go in to help him , and eventually , having swallowed a great deal of
sea - water , exhausted and angry , he struggled ashore . I too was angry ,
especially when I heard that it was being widely said that I had behaved in a
cowardly ...
I refused to go in to help him , and eventually , having swallowed a great deal of
sea - water , exhausted and angry , he struggled ashore . I too was angry ,
especially when I heard that it was being widely said that I had behaved in a
cowardly ...
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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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