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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Literature , art , poetry , music , history , mathematics , science were pitchforked
into his mind in | chaotic incomprehensibility . When later on in Ceylon I became
an extremely incompetent shooter of big game and , in cutting up the animals ...
Literature , art , poetry , music , history , mathematics , science were pitchforked
into his mind in | chaotic incomprehensibility . When later on in Ceylon I became
an extremely incompetent shooter of big game and , in cutting up the animals ...
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And I mean the adjective " undiluted ” , for I am not thinking of the exceptional
women with exceptional minds , like Cleopatra or Mrs . Carlyle or Jane Austen or
Virginia Woolf ; I am thinking of the “ ordinary woman " , undistinguished , / often ...
And I mean the adjective " undiluted ” , for I am not thinking of the exceptional
women with exceptional minds , like Cleopatra or Mrs . Carlyle or Jane Austen or
Virginia Woolf ; I am thinking of the “ ordinary woman " , undistinguished , / often ...
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upon my mind and even character which has proved indelible , a kind of reserve
or withdrawal into myself which makes me inclined always to stand just a little to
one side of my environment . But for a time I did dismiss Ceylon from my mind .
upon my mind and even character which has proved indelible , a kind of reserve
or withdrawal into myself which makes me inclined always to stand just a little to
one side of my environment . But for a time I did dismiss Ceylon from my mind .
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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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