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 48
Europe has made a deep and wide impression upon the face of all the big towns
of Ceylon which I know except upon ... a swollen village or a congeries of villages
which have coalesced into what we now call , because of its size , a town .
Europe has made a deep and wide impression upon the face of all the big towns
of Ceylon which I know except upon ... a swollen village or a congeries of villages
which have coalesced into what we now call , because of its size , a town .
Page 49
When you pass from the town and its suburbs into the country you pass from one
life or age into another . It is quite different in Jaffna ; there as soon as you leave
the main street , the esplanade , or the seashore , you are in a typical Tamil ...
When you pass from the town and its suburbs into the country you pass from one
life or age into another . It is quite different in Jaffna ; there as soon as you leave
the main street , the esplanade , or the seashore , you are in a typical Tamil ...
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man came running towards me shouting : “ Come , Sir , quick — they are killing
one another in the town . Come , Sir , quick . " We ran as hard as we could to the
town and on the way he told me that the Buddhists and Moslems , armed with ...
man came running towards me shouting : “ Come , Sir , quick — they are killing
one another in the town . Come , Sir , quick . " We ran as hard as we could to the
town and on the way he told me that the Buddhists and Moslems , armed with ...
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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 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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