Beginning Again: An Autobiography Of The Years 1911 To 1918 [Paperback]

Leonard Woolf (Author)

Book Description

Series: Harvest Book; Hb 321 | Publication Date: October 18, 1989

The author's account of the events of World War I and also a description of the origin of the Bloomsbury Group, the founding of the Hogarth Press, and the author's marriage to Virginia Stephen. "To write this masterly account is a severe test of courage and honesty...it raises the book to greatness" (The Nation). Index; photographs.

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About the Author

Leonard Sidney Woolf (November 25, 1880 – August 14, 1969) was a noted British political theorist, author, publisher, and civil servant, but perhaps now best known as the widower of author Virginia Woolf.

Works

• The Village in the Jungle - 1913
• The Wise Virgins - 1914
• International Government - 1916
• The Future of Constantinople - 1917
• Cooperation and the Future of Industry - 1918
• Economic Imperialism - 1920
• Empire and Commerce in Africa - 1920
• Socialism and Co-operation - 1921
• Fear and Politics - 1925
• Essays on Literature, History, Politics - 1927
• Hunting the Highbrow - 1927
• Imperialism and Civilization - 1928
• After the Deluge (Principia Politica), 3 vols. - 1931, 1939, 1953
• Quack! Quack! - 1935
• Barbarians At The Gate - 1939
• The War for Peace - 1940
• A Calendar of Consolation - selected by Leonard Woolf, 1967

Autobiographical Works

• Woolf, Leonard (1960). Sowing: an autobiography of the years, 1880–1904. London: Hogarth Press. OCLC 185524636.  Published in America as Woolf, Leonard (1960). Sowing: an autobiography of the years, 1880–1904 (1st American ed.). New York: Harcourt, Brace. ISBN 9780156839457. OCLC 1346957.  Also OCLC 1339821.
• Woolf, Leonard (1961). Growing: an autobiography of the years 1904-1911 (1st American ed.). New York: Harcourt, Brace & World. OCLC 494500.  Also OCLC 21246847 (1977), OCLC 67527334 (1967).
• Woolf, Leonard (1963). Diaries in Ceylon, 1908–1911, and Stories from the East: records of a colonial administrator. London: Hogarth Press. OCLC 30240642.  Also OCLC 4194108
• Woolf, Leonard (1964). Beginning again: an autobiography of the years 1911–1918. London: Hogarth Press. ISBN 9780701202507. OCLC 186031278.  Published in America as Woolf, Leonard (1964). Beginning again: an autobiography of the years 1911–1918 (1st American ed.). New York: Harcourt, Brace & World. OCLC 264298. 
• Woolf, Leonard (1967). Downhill all the way: an autobiography of the years 1919–1939 (1st American ed.). New York: Harcourt, Brace & World. OCLC 1065888. 
• Woolf, Leonard (1969). The journey not the arrival matters: an autobiography of the years 1939–1969. London: Hogarth Press. ISBN 9780701203269. OCLC 186031338.  Published in America as Woolf, Leonard (1969). The journey not the arrival matters: an autobiography of the years 1939–1969 (1st American ed.). New York: Harcourt, Brace & World. OCLC 58615. 

Product Details

• Paperback: 263 pages
• Publisher: Mariner Books (October 18, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0156116804
• ISBN-13: 978-0156116800
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful autobiography, August 9, 2000

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This review is from: Beginning Again: An Autobiography Of The Years 1911 To 1918 (Paperback)

This is the middle volume of a five volume autobiography of Leonard Woolf. He is probably better known as the husband of Virginia, but Leonard himself was very active in several spheres: British civil service in Ceylon at the beginning of the twentieth century, publishing (he established the Hogarth press which published many well known authors), writing (novels and political books) and a great deal of committee work for the British labour party and local councils.

Leonard Woolf was a socialist who learned very early to despair of Soviet Russia. He was a pacifist who was prepared to wage war against Hitler's Germany. He was devoted to his wife and her difficult-to-read books (declaring her the most intelligent woman in England) and he also took great pride in his accounting skills. He prided himself on his civility and ability to get along with people, yet cannot resist settling scores in his autobiography with some of his old enemies. He presents himself as a rather prudish and proper gentleman; yet he was part of the Bloomsbury group which is well known for their sexual freedom.

In this volume, covering the years 1911-1918 he gives a remarkably clear account of his wife's psychiatric illness and creativity. He describes the dangers of journalism, his work with the Labour party, and the beginnings of the Hogarth Press. Highly recommended.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Beginning Again - An Autobiography of the Years 1911 to 1918, September 9, 2006

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This review is from: Beginning Again - An Autobiography of The Years 1911 to 1918 (Paperback)

Description from the book back cover:

Beginning Again covers the years from 1911, when the "fog of Victorianism" was receding, through the First World War. It is highlighted by accounts of the Bloomsburg group, the marriage between Leonard Woolf and Virginia Stephen in 1912, and the founding of the Hogarth Press, and it provides profiles of many well-known figures - Lytton Strachey, Bernard Shaw, Katherine Mansfield, Rupert Brooke, Arnold Bennett, H.G. Wells, T.S. Eliot, and others. But it is of particular interest for its open discussion of Virginia Woolf's tragic struggle with mental illness, dating from adolescence, that haunted her marriage and writing career until her suicide in 1941. Here is an extraordinarily moving portrait of the brilliant writer, drawn with compassion, love, and courage. The book's primary charm is the unfailing tenderness with which Mr. Woolf writes of the wife he adored ...