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Page 54
... Vanessa welcomed physical love ; Virginia dreaded and avoided it . Vanessa felt at home in the world ; for Virginia , the landscape of human life was a mysteri- ous , sometimes terrifying labyrinth , through which she bravely found a ...
... Vanessa welcomed physical love ; Virginia dreaded and avoided it . Vanessa felt at home in the world ; for Virginia , the landscape of human life was a mysteri- ous , sometimes terrifying labyrinth , through which she bravely found a ...
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... Vanessa certainly deserved his praises ; she and her sister had inherited their mother's beauty ; but , whereas Virginia had an almost unearthly grace , drooping , ethereal , remote from real existence , Vanessa's features were not only ...
... Vanessa certainly deserved his praises ; she and her sister had inherited their mother's beauty ; but , whereas Virginia had an almost unearthly grace , drooping , ethereal , remote from real existence , Vanessa's features were not only ...
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... Vanessa Bell , as ' the only civilized man I have ever met ' ; had Bloomsbury ' produced only Roger , it would be on a par with Athens at its prime ' . If a single man can change the taste of his period , wrote a younger critic ...
... Vanessa Bell , as ' the only civilized man I have ever met ' ; had Bloomsbury ' produced only Roger , it would be on a par with Athens at its prime ' . If a single man can change the taste of his period , wrote a younger critic ...
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PROLOGUE I | 1 |
The Desire to Please | 25 |
The Disinterested Gift | 47 |
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