Journey to the Border (Edward Upward Series)
by Edward Upward
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Edward Upward's acclaimed and partly autobiographical novel - printed here in a newly revised version - was originally published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press in 1938. It relates the growing disillusionment of a politically-committed tutor who is attached to the household of a philistine and reactionary country gentleman. His revulsion at the behaviour of his employers and their friends leads him to the brink of madness, from which he is saved only by his resolve to show more contribute to the movement for social revolution. Stephen Spender, in his enthusiastic introduction, applauds Upward's achievement, describing him as 'a visionary of wonderful language and extraordinary power.' show lessTags
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Author Edward Upward was born in Romford, England on September 9, 1903. He met Christopher Isherwood at the Repton School and their friendship grew as they went on to study at Cambridge University. Together they created the imaginary village of Mortmere. He wrote numerous books including The Railway Accident, Journey to the Border, and A Renegade show more in Springtime. He joined the Communist Party in 1932, but left the British Communist Party in 1948 because he and his wife felt it had become soft. He died on February 13, 2009 at the age of 105. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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