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 73
... began calmly with the usual platitudinous gambits , but , as it went on , the feeling of agitation and tenseness which I had felt on the verandah of the Tangalla Rest House returned - also the continued sense of her hostility towards me ...
... began calmly with the usual platitudinous gambits , but , as it went on , the feeling of agitation and tenseness which I had felt on the verandah of the Tangalla Rest House returned - also the continued sense of her hostility towards me ...
Page 83
... began to beat as if I had an electric drill inside me and the sky turned black while the earth began revolving round me . I sat down by the side of the road and eventually crawled home to bed . Then I got three weeks ' leave and went ...
... began to beat as if I had an electric drill inside me and the sky turned black while the earth began revolving round me . I sat down by the side of the road and eventually crawled home to bed . Then I got three weeks ' leave and went ...
Page 243
... began , and had been hit by a stone in his face . I was immediately sur- rounded by a crowd of people telling me different stories . I noticed three or four people who , I was sure , were not residents of the town and would therefore be ...
... began , and had been hit by a stone in his face . I was immediately sur- rounded by a crowd of people telling me different stories . I noticed three or four people who , I was sure , were not residents of the town and would therefore be ...
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