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
... Kandy to Hambantota , I had to go up country on official business . In the late afternoon I got into the train at Colombo for Kandy and , seeing the head clerk of the Kandy kachcheri on the platform , I asked him to come in my carriage ...
... Kandy to Hambantota , I had to go up country on official business . In the late afternoon I got into the train at Colombo for Kandy and , seeing the head clerk of the Kandy kachcheri on the platform , I asked him to come in my carriage ...
Page 133
... 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 ...
... 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
... Kandy , 132–171 ; journey to Kandy , 132 ; soc- iety 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 ...
... Kandy , 132–171 ; journey to Kandy , 132 ; soc- iety 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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