A Book of One's Own: People and Their DiariesPenguin Books, 1986 - 318 pages An exploration of the art and history of diary writing with excerpts from diaries of such diverse people as Leonardo da Vinci and Virginia Woolf. |
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Page 149
... girl's head in Notebook 6 is a note that has undergone much crossing out and erasure . This is what is left : " I wouldn't know how to say how much I love this girl since she . . . Monday April 7. I can't refuse to . . . to say that it ...
... girl's head in Notebook 6 is a note that has undergone much crossing out and erasure . This is what is left : " I wouldn't know how to say how much I love this girl since she . . . Monday April 7. I can't refuse to . . . to say that it ...
Page 211
... girl who accuses her gov- erness of snooping in her diary when she is able to quote the way her charge has characterized her . The governess replies : " If you were a nice girl with a nice clean mind you wouldn't keep a diary . ” A ...
... girl who accuses her gov- erness of snooping in her diary when she is able to quote the way her charge has characterized her . The governess replies : " If you were a nice girl with a nice clean mind you wouldn't keep a diary . ” A ...
Page 213
... girl's diary has been so much a genre unto itself that in 1980 an anthology of them , called Heart Songs , was published . It contains excerpts from Anaïs Nin , Marie Bashkirtseff , Selma Lagerlöf , and others , including " Gretchen ...
... girl's diary has been so much a genre unto itself that in 1980 an anthology of them , called Heart Songs , was published . It contains excerpts from Anaïs Nin , Marie Bashkirtseff , Selma Lagerlöf , and others , including " Gretchen ...
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