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The journal of a disappointed man

by W. N. P. Barbellion, H. G. Wells

1919 312 pages eng

Begun when its author was 13 years old, the Journal at first catalogues Barbellion's misadventures in the Devon countryside - collecting birds' eggs, spying girls through binoculars - but evolves into a deeply moving account of his struggle with poverty, his lack of formal education, his flailing at…

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