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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... consisted of signing my name on licences and routine documents and letters ,
and of checking the accounts . After some weeks of this , my temper gave way
and I told Southorn that I would not go on doing this , that I was just as good as ...
... consisted of signing my name on licences and routine documents and letters ,
and of checking the accounts . After some weeks of this , my temper gave way
and I told Southorn that I would not go on doing this , that I was just as good as ...
Page 83
always had an infinite capacity of sleeping when I want to sleep and I slept
almost the whole three weeks away . Somewhere , too , deep down in me I had
an iron determination not to die . One day after I had been there a week or ten
days , I ...
always had an infinite capacity of sleeping when I want to sleep and I slept
almost the whole three weeks away . Somewhere , too , deep down in me I had
an iron determination not to die . One day after I had been there a week or ten
days , I ...
Page 172
But gradually our letters thinned out and sometimes weeks or months passed
without our writing . If two people are separated for years and by thousands of
miles , they can write to each other either every week or only at long intervals .
But gradually our letters thinned out and sometimes weeks or months passed
without our writing . If two people are separated for years and by thousands of
miles , they can write to each other either every week or only at long intervals .
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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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