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 149
The evening was pretty dull and after dinner at about a quarter to ten , as Mrs .
Middleton was showing me some photographs , I suddenly felt the appalling
giddiness come upon me again . Rather foolishly I thought that , if they saw me
stagger ...
The evening was pretty dull and after dinner at about a quarter to ten , as Mrs .
Middleton was showing me some photographs , I suddenly felt the appalling
giddiness come upon me again . Rather foolishly I thought that , if they saw me
stagger ...
Page 172
What I thought and felt about this I had to conceal from everyone in Jaffna and
Kandy ( except perhaps from Gwen on the seashore and Rachel in the
mountains ) ; my letters to Lytton were in part rage and lamentation , and in part a
desperate ...
What I thought and felt about this I had to conceal from everyone in Jaffna and
Kandy ( except perhaps from Gwen on the seashore and Rachel in the
mountains ) ; my letters to Lytton were in part rage and lamentation , and in part a
desperate ...
Page 173
Sometimes too I thought of that astonishing letter of Ainsworth , do you remember
it ? the one I mean which dropped on you after an interval of months dividing it
from the deluge of the previous delirium . And then last mail I really thought you ...
Sometimes too I thought of that astonishing letter of Ainsworth , do you remember
it ? the one I mean which dropped on you after an interval of months dividing it
from the deluge of the previous delirium . And then last mail I really thought you ...
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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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