Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904 to 1911Woolf's account of his seven years as a civil servant in Ceylon. "He has a seemingly effortless way with words which is beautiful and spellbinding" (J. M. Edelstein, New Republic). Index; photographs. |
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Page 24
... Agent , C. T. D. Vigors , at the Residency . Here I had my first plunge into the social life of a Ceylon civil servant , a life in which I was to be immersed for over six years , but which always retained for me a tinge of theatrical ...
... Agent , C. T. D. Vigors , at the Residency . Here I had my first plunge into the social life of a Ceylon civil servant , a life in which I was to be immersed for over six years , but which always retained for me a tinge of theatrical ...
Page 35
... Agent ) who might have anything from one to six years ' service ; the junior was called a Cadet , and every civil ... Agent , or a Government Agent , or purely judicial , i.e. you were a Police Magistrate or a District Judge . Generally ...
... Agent ) who might have anything from one to six years ' service ; the junior was called a Cadet , and every civil ... Agent , or a Government Agent , or purely judicial , i.e. you were a Police Magistrate or a District Judge . Generally ...
Page 104
... Agent , Northern Province . On his retirement he bought a house and continued to live in Jaffna . It was said that he had started life in the Navy and came out to Ceylon as a mid- shipman on a man - of - war . His boat put into ...
... Agent , Northern Province . On his retirement he bought a house and continued to live in Jaffna . It was said that he had started life in the Navy and came out to Ceylon as a mid- shipman on a man - of - war . His boat put into ...
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