The Journey Not The Arrival Matters: An Autobiography of the Years 1939 to 1969 [Paperback]

Leonard Woolf (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 18, 1989

The author's account of World War II, his wife's death, and his political and literary activities. "A splendid ending to one of the most remarkable literary achievements of our time" (New York Times Book Review). 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: 256 pages
• Publisher: Mariner Books (October 18, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 015646523X
• ISBN-13: 978-0156465236
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,079,610 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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