A Book of One's Own: People and Their DiariesMallon has assembled a guide to the great diaries of literature -- from Samuel Pepys to Anais Nin. Mallon has written a new introduction for this edition which comments on the political consequences of keeping a journal, as in the former controversy involving Sen. Bob Packwood. A diarist himself, Mallon places journal writers in history, fleshing them out with both background and witty anecdote. |
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Page 70
... walk- ing through Amiens Cathedral with a lot of other for- eigners : " The Army Service Corps and Red Cross men are everywhere , walking up and down with the foolish looks of sightseers , who come neither to watch nor to pray ...
... walk- ing through Amiens Cathedral with a lot of other for- eigners : " The Army Service Corps and Red Cross men are everywhere , walking up and down with the foolish looks of sightseers , who come neither to watch nor to pray ...
Page 77
... walk alone , when I pine for want of a companion ; that I commit my thoughts to a diary even on my walks , instead of seeking to share them generously with a friend ; curses my practice even . ' Thoreau says he will accept the curse on ...
... walk alone , when I pine for want of a companion ; that I commit my thoughts to a diary even on my walks , instead of seeking to share them generously with a friend ; curses my practice even . ' Thoreau says he will accept the curse on ...
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... walk or in a book or in the middle of an embrace , suddenly I awake to a stark amazement at everything . The bare ... walks down High Street on market day , and nobody pays him the slightest attention . Here he is with so much ...
... walk or in a book or in the middle of an embrace , suddenly I awake to a stark amazement at everything . The bare ... walks down High Street on market day , and nobody pays him the slightest attention . Here he is with so much ...
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