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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... planters , and business men . There was in the last three classes an embryonic feeling against the first . The civil servant was socially in many ways top dog ; he was highly paid , exercised considerable and widely distributed power ...
... planters , and business men . There was in the last three classes an embryonic feeling against the first . The civil servant was socially in many ways top dog ; he was highly paid , exercised considerable and widely distributed power ...
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... planter . The attitude of planters ' wives with nubile daughters to potential sons - in - law left one in no doubt of this , for the marriage market is an infallible test of social values . The business men were on an altogether lower ...
... planter . The attitude of planters ' wives with nubile daughters to potential sons - in - law left one in no doubt of this , for the marriage market is an infallible test of social values . The business men were on an altogether lower ...
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... planters , army officers , and their wives and daughters . After tennis I usually went down to the Kandy Club . In those days in an Asiatic station where there was " the Club " , it was a symbol and centre of British imperialism ...
... planters , army officers , and their wives and daughters . After tennis I usually went down to the Kandy Club . In those days in an Asiatic station where there was " the Club " , it was a symbol and centre of British imperialism ...
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