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"Riveting...the detailed expression of a mind of a genius in the making."
-Jessica Mitford
"He is frank about himself--his acts, thoughts and emotions--as Pepys or Rousseau, and the book is, therefore, like theirs, an extraordinary psychological revelation."
-Leonard Woolf
-Jessica Mitford
"He is frank about himself--his acts, thoughts and emotions--as Pepys or Rousseau, and the book is, therefore, like theirs, an extraordinary psychological revelation."
-Leonard Woolf
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Witty, invigorating, marvellously candid and generous in spirit
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My first vivid recollection is my arrival at Pembroke Lodge in February 1876. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an interesting insight into one the 20th century's clearest and sharpest minds. Between his birth in 1872 and his death almost a century later in 1970, he travelled far and wide, his thoughts were broad and deep, and he consistently met, talked, and wrote with a spectrum of interesting people people: from H G Wells to Einstein. His Nobel Prize in Literature was well deserved, both for his effortless language and his breadth and depth of scholarship. Excellent addition to any book shelf!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Bertrand Russell lived for over 90 years. During his long life he engaged in correspondence with many leading figures of the day, from Keynes to Khrushchev. It is fascinating to read these letters, although several of them are written in German or French and thereby are inpenetrable to the average reader.
As to the Autobiography itself, it starts off extremely well. In recording his early years, Russell is brutally honest and details his struggles with all aspects of his life from mathematics through to masturbation, and he does so with his trademark wit. For his sins, he is patriotic, passionate and profoundly idealistic, yet, with the exception of his actions to his first wife, comes across as rather likeable. Highlights include early trips to the new USSR circa 1921 and China pre-PRC.
In the later half, Russell becomes cagey. His third divorce occupies a single line. His prose also deteriorates. Meanwhile, the ratio of letters to biography shifts so that one finds oneself wading through a sea of largely irrelevant letters on this or that peace initiative, and Russell, who had previously been somewhat of a maverick, becoming a respectable, if idealistic figure. Shudder.
The ends of the book tie together rather nicely. However, one can't help feel that somewhere Russell shifted from his original purpose of honest self-exploration. It is as if the light of truth became too painful for himself and those close to him to bear.
As to the Autobiography itself, it starts off extremely well. In recording his early years, Russell is brutally honest and details his struggles with all aspects of his life from mathematics through to masturbation, and he does so with his trademark wit. For his sins, he is patriotic, passionate and profoundly idealistic, yet, with the exception of his actions to his first wife, comes across as rather likeable. Highlights include early trips to the new USSR circa 1921 and China pre-PRC.
In the later half, Russell becomes cagey. His third divorce occupies a single line. His prose also deteriorates. Meanwhile, the ratio of letters to biography shifts so that one finds oneself wading through a sea of largely irrelevant letters on this or that peace initiative, and Russell, who had previously been somewhat of a maverick, becoming a respectable, if idealistic figure. Shudder.
The ends of the book tie together rather nicely. However, one can't help feel that somewhere Russell shifted from his original purpose of honest self-exploration. It is as if the light of truth became too painful for himself and those close to him to bear.
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