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Page 54
... Frances Partridge , who had recently become a member of Lytton Strachey's complex household . Virginia , she recol- lects , had an ' agonized tautness .... The way she held herself ... or smoked a cigarette struck one as awkward even ...
... Frances Partridge , who had recently become a member of Lytton Strachey's complex household . Virginia , she recol- lects , had an ' agonized tautness .... The way she held herself ... or smoked a cigarette struck one as awkward even ...
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... Frances Partridge relates , 10 he escorted her and her best friend Julia Strachey on a visit to the seaside , on the journey carefully explaining to them ' why it was wicked to like peacock - blue ' , and , on their arrival , helping ...
... Frances Partridge relates , 10 he escorted her and her best friend Julia Strachey on a visit to the seaside , on the journey carefully explaining to them ' why it was wicked to like peacock - blue ' , and , on their arrival , helping ...
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... Frances Partridge's memories of the Lytton Strachey household enumerate some of the topics a Bloomsburian gathering discussed . She and Ralph Partridge , who loved one another , and Dora Carrington , who loved Lytton Strachey , who , at ...
... Frances Partridge's memories of the Lytton Strachey household enumerate some of the topics a Bloomsburian gathering discussed . She and Ralph Partridge , who loved one another , and Dora Carrington , who loved Lytton Strachey , who , at ...
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PROLOGUE I | 1 |
The Desire to Please | 25 |
The Disinterested Gift | 47 |
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