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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
This classic novel of colonial Ceylon (Sri Lanka), was first
published in 1913 and is written by a prominent member of the
Bloomsbury group, husband of Virginia Woolf. It reads as if Thomas
Hardy had been born among the heat, scent, sensuality and pungent
mystery of the tropics. Translated into both Tamil and Sinhalese,
it is one of the best-loved and best-known stories in Sri Lanka. It
includes a new biographical afterword by Sir Christopher Ondaatje,
author of "Woolf in Ceylon", and a short story, "Pearls before
Swine", which vividly draws on Woolf's experience as a young
District Commissioner. This book reeks of first-hand knowledge of
the colonial experience, and of its profound, malign disregard for
the psychology and culture of its subject peoples.
In this book, first published in 1940, Leonard Woolf lays out the
necessity for the establishment of a system providing for the rule
of international law and cooperation, control of international
power and collective defence against international aggression. He
lays bare the issues at stake in the Second World War and draws
lines on which a lasting peace could be framed.
Growing is a portrait of a young man sent straight out from
university to help govern Ceylon. It is doubtful that any Empire at
any time has been served by such an intelligent, dutiful,
hardworking and incorruptible civil servant as the young Leonard
Woolf. He was determined to do what was good but discovered for
himself that colonial rule, be it ever so high-minded, is fated to
do wrong. Growing is also a deeply affectionate account of the
mystery, magic and savage beauty of Ceylon at the turn of the
century, an island whose diverse beliefs and cultures Woolf had the
time and wit to explore in detail.
In this book, first published in 1940, Leonard Woolf lays out the
necessity for the establishment of a system providing for the rule
of international law and cooperation, control of international
power and collective defence against international aggression. He
lays bare the issues at stake in the Second World War and draws
lines on which a lasting peace could be framed.
"The Wise Virgins" (1913) is a semi-autobiographical novel about a
dilemma: whether Harry, the hero, should go into the family
business and marry the suitable but dull girl next door or move in
artistic circles and marry one of the entrancing 'Lawrence' girls.
For, as Lyndall Gordon writes in her Persephone Preface: 'It is a
truth widely acknowledged that Camilla Lawrence is a portrait of
the author's wife - Virginia Woolf.' This is one reason why the
novel is so intriguing. But it is also a Forsterian social comedy,
funny, perceptive, highly intelligent, full of clever dialogue and
at times bitterly satirical; while the dramatic and emotional
denouement still retains a great deal of its power to shock. It was
on his honeymoon in 1912 that Leonard Woolf began writing his
second (and final) novel. He was 31, newly returned from seven
years as a colonial administrator, and asking himself much the same
questions as his hero. Helen Dunmore wrote in "The Sunday Times":
'It's a passionate, cuttingly truthful story of a love affair
between two people struggling against the prejudices of their time
and place. Woolf's writing is almost unbearably honest.'
In this title, originally published in 1920, Leonard Woolf traces
the history of economic imperialism and explores the relations of
Europe and Africa since 1876. This analysis of economic imperialism
helped to shape attitudes to colonialism for more than one
generation of radicals and socialists, and still has the power to
influence and inform today.
In this title, originally published in 1920, Leonard Woolf traces
the history of economic imperialism and explores the relations of
Europe and Africa since 1876. This analysis of economic imperialism
helped to shape attitudes to colonialism for more than one
generation of radicals and socialists, and still has the power to
influence and inform today.
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