The Journal Of A Disappointed Man
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 attempts at love, and most harrowing of all his slow death from multiple sclerosis.
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The Journal Of A Disappointed Man
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 attempts at love, and most harrowing of all his slow death from multiple sclerosis.
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The Journal Of A Disappointed Man

The Journal Of A Disappointed Man

by W.N.P. Barbellion
The Journal Of A Disappointed Man

The Journal Of A Disappointed Man

by W.N.P. Barbellion

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Overview

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 attempts at love, and most harrowing of all his slow death from multiple sclerosis.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940163169443
Publisher: Walrus Books Publisher
Publication date: 12/16/2019
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 946 KB

About the Author

Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion was the nom-de-plume of Bruce Frederick Cummings, an English diarist who was responsible for The Journal of a Disappointed Man. Ronald Blythe called it "among the most moving diaries ever created"
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