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 16
... social claims , as they have always and everywhere , but in Ceylon there were too few of them to be of social import- ance . In Kandy and the mountains , hundreds of British planters lived on their dreary tea estates and they enjoyed 16 ...
... social claims , as they have always and everywhere , but in Ceylon there were too few of them to be of social import- ance . In Kandy and the mountains , hundreds of British planters lived on their dreary tea estates and they enjoyed 16 ...
Page 17
... social equality with the civil ser- vants . They belonged to the same clubs , played tennis together , and occasionally intermarried . But there is no doubt that generally the social position and prospects of a civil servant were ...
... social equality with the civil ser- vants . They belonged to the same clubs , played tennis together , and occasionally intermarried . But there is no doubt that generally the social position and prospects of a civil servant were ...
Page 137
... social feet in Kandyan society , bid diamonds when I had six of them , had readjusted my mask , façade , and carapace to my new environment , and so was accepted as a good fellow , a good bridge player , and a fairly good tennis player ...
... social feet in Kandyan society , bid diamonds when I had six of them , had readjusted my mask , façade , and carapace to my new environment , and so was accepted as a good fellow , a good bridge player , and a fairly good tennis player ...
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