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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As the Duttons and I talked , we were embedded in , overwhelmed by this starry
magnificence . Dutton and Miss Beeching had , I think , both changed . He
seemed to have shrunk and she to have swollen . They reminded me of those
pairs of ...
As the Duttons and I talked , we were embedded in , overwhelmed by this starry
magnificence . Dutton and Miss Beeching had , I think , both changed . He
seemed to have shrunk and she to have swollen . They reminded me of those
pairs of ...
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Stevenson was an amusing Irishman and talked incessantly like an Irishman in a
novel ; he was also extremely able and became Sir Malcolm Stevenson , K . C . M
. G . , Governor of Cyprus . A curious incident happened to us one night .
Stevenson was an amusing Irishman and talked incessantly like an Irishman in a
novel ; he was also extremely able and became Sir Malcolm Stevenson , K . C . M
. G . , Governor of Cyprus . A curious incident happened to us one night .
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He talked and talked , and laughed , and watched me with his cunning beady
eyes , and the villagers put in a word now and then , laughed respectfully when
we laughed , and looked at one another , I noticed , occasionally out of the corner
of ...
He talked and talked , and laughed , and watched me with his cunning beady
eyes , and the villagers put in a word now and then , laughed respectfully when
we laughed , and looked at one another , I noticed , occasionally out of the corner
of ...
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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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