The Essays of Virginia Woolf: 1912-1918Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986 - 448 pagina's Essays beginning at the time of her marriage to Leonard Woolf and ending just after the Armistice. More than half have not been collected previously. "In these essays we see both Woolf's work and her self afresh" (Chicago Tribune). Edited and with an Introduction by Andrew McNeillie; Index. |
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Pagina 55
... passion for reading conquers him , his gains dwindle and vanish . between his fingers . A reader , on the other hand , must check the desire for learning at the outset ; if knowledge sticks to him well and good , but to go in pursuit of ...
... passion for reading conquers him , his gains dwindle and vanish . between his fingers . A reader , on the other hand , must check the desire for learning at the outset ; if knowledge sticks to him well and good , but to go in pursuit of ...
Pagina 138
... passion of his life was his passion for nature . It was more than a passion , indeed ; it was an affinity ; and in this he differs from men like White and Jefferies . 3 ° He was gifted , we are told , with an extraordinary keenness of ...
... passion of his life was his passion for nature . It was more than a passion , indeed ; it was an affinity ; and in this he differs from men like White and Jefferies . 3 ° He was gifted , we are told , with an extraordinary keenness of ...
Pagina 300
... passion for reading Dickens12 aloud , he had to take his horse again and ride off with a bag containing all his possessions over the plains . With reluctance one must resist the temptation of transcribing one such character sketch after ...
... passion for reading Dickens12 aloud , he had to take his horse again and ride off with a bag containing all his possessions over the plains . With reluctance one must resist the temptation of transcribing one such character sketch after ...
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Frances Willard | 3 |
Jane Austen | 9 |
Les Copains | 16 |
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