A Very Private Eye: An Autobiography in Diaries and LettersDutton, 1984 - 358 pages |
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... finished . However we kept our tempers wonderfully . We caught the 6.25 train home and had dinner on it . I was very happy and hilarious , cracking many jokes . 25 July . London . Another very hot day . Went to the flicks : Constance ...
... finished . However we kept our tempers wonderfully . We caught the 6.25 train home and had dinner on it . I was very happy and hilarious , cracking many jokes . 25 July . London . Another very hot day . Went to the flicks : Constance ...
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... finished ( typing ) Chapter XIV of Adam and Cassandra . I have now reached p.170 and think I can finish . it . It seems to get better as it goes on , I think . 1937 On 12 December - a Sunday - Henry Stanley Harvey married Elsie Beatrice ...
... finished ( typing ) Chapter XIV of Adam and Cassandra . I have now reached p.170 and think I can finish . it . It seems to get better as it goes on , I think . 1937 On 12 December - a Sunday - Henry Stanley Harvey married Elsie Beatrice ...
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... finished it I can look on it with more detachment . But every now and then I feel gloomy about it all and wonder if anybody will ever want to publish anything of mine again . When I have finished my revision perhaps I might avail myself ...
... finished it I can look on it with more detachment . But every now and then I feel gloomy about it all and wonder if anybody will ever want to publish anything of mine again . When I have finished my revision perhaps I might avail myself ...
Contents
List of Illustrations vii | 9 |
Preface by Hazel Holt | xiii |
The Early Life by Hilary Pym I | xviii |
Copyright | |
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