Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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... sense of almost universal generosity , of Christmas boxes , presents , and hospitality . He loved the streets of London , whether they were cold and dry or cold and slushy , as long as they were crowded . He loved the sight of the ...
... sense of almost universal generosity , of Christmas boxes , presents , and hospitality . He loved the streets of London , whether they were cold and dry or cold and slushy , as long as they were crowded . He loved the sight of the ...
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... sense of wrong which was omni- present with me , not only in regard to Pauli , the Darwins , and my father , but also in regard to my ever - present anxiety about money . Only when his father died , in 1886 , was the anxiety dispelled ...
... sense of wrong which was omni- present with me , not only in regard to Pauli , the Darwins , and my father , but also in regard to my ever - present anxiety about money . Only when his father died , in 1886 , was the anxiety dispelled ...
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... sense of the drama implicit in every emotional relationship gives intense excitingness to his books . Hehry James said the books might have been dull and the demonstrations vain but for this sense . It may be so . Turgenev is a master ...
... sense of the drama implicit in every emotional relationship gives intense excitingness to his books . Hehry James said the books might have been dull and the demonstrations vain but for this sense . It may be so . Turgenev is a master ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? | 9 |
FINISHING A BOOK | 45 |
THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS | 51 |
Copyright | |
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