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 78
I thought I should come back by a mad way and started out down the coast where
there were no roads only sand and palmyra trees . No one ever goes there and
the sand has heaped itself up into great curves and ridges . It seemed to be ...
I thought I should come back by a mad way and started out down the coast where
there were no roads only sand and palmyra trees . No one ever goes there and
the sand has heaped itself up into great curves and ridges . It seemed to be ...
Page 88
When they ran my boat up on to the sandy beach at Marichchukaddi and I
jumped down into the sand , I felt that , though my body was unwashed and
unshaved , my mind had been curiously cleaned and purified . Naturally I was
instantly and ...
When they ran my boat up on to the sandy beach at Marichchukaddi and I
jumped down into the sand , I felt that , though my body was unwashed and
unshaved , my mind had been curiously cleaned and purified . Naturally I was
instantly and ...
Page 176
If you walked towards the sea across the compound , you came out upon a
hillock of fine white sand , which was the tip of the promontory . To the right was
an absolutely straight stretch of about two miles of the sea shore , dazzling white
sand .
If you walked towards the sea across the compound , you came out upon a
hillock of fine white sand , which was the tip of the promontory . To the right was
an absolutely straight stretch of about two miles of the sea shore , dazzling white
sand .
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User Review - robertsgirl - LibraryThingThis is the second book Leonard Woolf wrote of his life. He is a graceful author, and a sensitive man. Good look into an aristocratic young britisher and his growing up. Read full review
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