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 110
The amount of Government work in Kandy was very heavy all through the
kachcheri and I had a severe struggle against the head clerk and others before I
was able to put through my revolution . But once the revolution was made and
delays ...
The amount of Government work in Kandy was very heavy all through the
kachcheri and I had a severe struggle against the head clerk and others before I
was able to put through my revolution . But once the revolution was made and
delays ...
Page 133
As soon as I got to Kandy , I found that I had indeed entered into an entirely new
world . I am glad that I spent a year of my life at the age of 27 in Kandy , for life
there was unlike any that I have ever known elsewhere , but I did not like it in the
...
As soon as I got to Kandy , I found that I had indeed entered into an entirely new
world . I am glad that I spent a year of my life at the age of 27 in Kandy , for life
there was unlike any that I have ever known elsewhere , but I did not like it in the
...
Page 255
A. Kandy , 132–171 ; journey to Kandy , 132 ; society in Kandy , 133 ; work in
Kandy , 134 ; Kandy tennis and Kandy Club , 135–137 ; and the Empress
Eugénie , 138–145 ; plays squash rackets and hockey , 145–147 ; dines with
Middletons ...
A. Kandy , 132–171 ; journey to Kandy , 132 ; society in Kandy , 133 ; work in
Kandy , 134 ; Kandy tennis and Kandy Club , 135–137 ; and the Empress
Eugénie , 138–145 ; plays squash rackets and hockey , 145–147 ; dines with
Middletons ...
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