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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... Ceylon I never had a meal with a business man , and when I was stationed in Kandy , every member of the Kandy Club , except one young man , a solicitor , was a civil servant , an army officer , or a planter - they were of course all ...
... Ceylon I never had a meal with a business man , and when I was stationed in Kandy , every member of the Kandy Club , except one young man , a solicitor , was a civil servant , an army officer , or a planter - they were of course all ...
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... Ceylon the country is the exact opposite of the sandy austerity of Jaffna and Ham- bantota in which I spent nearly six years of my Ceylon life . It is , as in so many other places , mainly a question of rain . In the hills and mountains ...
... Ceylon the country is the exact opposite of the sandy austerity of Jaffna and Ham- bantota in which I spent nearly six years of my Ceylon life . It is , as in so many other places , mainly a question of rain . In the hills and mountains ...
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... Ceylon from my mind . I saw a great deal of them all and went to the Russian Ballet and the Ring with them , and ... Ceylon . In October I began writing The Village in the Jungle and I realized that I was falling in love with Virginia ...
... Ceylon from my mind . I saw a great deal of them all and went to the Russian Ballet and the Ring with them , and ... Ceylon . In October I began writing The Village in the Jungle and I realized that I was falling in love with Virginia ...
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afternoon Anuradhapura Arabs Arachchi asked Assistant Government Agent Baron Blixen became boat Buddhist buffaloes bullock cart bungalow cattle Ceylon Civil Service civil servant Colombo completely Court curious deal deer District Dutton Elephant Pass Empress Empress Eugénie Engelbrecht enquiry extremely face felt Game Sanctuary Giruwa Pattu Governor Hambantota Hambantota District head headmen immense Jaffna kachcheri Kandy Kandyan Kataragama kind knew koddu lagoon Leonard Woolf leopard letter to Lytton lewaya licences lived looked Magampattu Mannar ment miles mind months morning never night Office Assistant one's oysters Pearl Fishery planters play Police Magistrate Province remember Rest House riding rinderpest road round salt sand seemed shooting side Sinhalese social Southorn strange suddenly Superintendent of Police talked Tamil Tangalla temple tennis thing Tissa Tissamaharama told took town trees Twynam Uva Province verandah village Walasmulla walked water hole Woolf