Memoirs of an Aesthete

Memoirs of an Aesthete
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Publisher : Faber & Faber
Total Pages : 432
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ISBN-10 : 0571247660
ISBN-13 : 9780571247660
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Book Synopsis Memoirs of an Aesthete by : Harold Acton

Download or read book Memoirs of an Aesthete written by Harold Acton and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: N this classic memoir Harold Acton offers a witty and vivid account of the first thirty-five years of his life (1904-39): from a boyhood among the dilettanti in Florence before the First World War, through his friendships with some of the great writers of his generation in Oxford and Paris, to his discovery of a spiritual home in Peking.


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