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Difficult opening chapter but gets easier to focus on when it turns to Oxford life.

Beautiful description of the joys of bathing naked, of appreciating youth and nature together, which, with the previous reference to Lucy doing so as a child, highlights how restricted women are compared to men!

Wish I understood transcendalist philosophy to better understand the Emerson's and Cecil

So restless already! Completely understand Lucy and george's discontent. Inspires me to travel.

I really enjoy but probably can't fully appreciate the precision of dates...

Fascinating to get into the war part - although it becomes increasingly important to understand something of the history of hong kong as an essentially independent island colony before japan invasion during the war.

Already read this but noticing even more second time! I'm never sure I'll quite understand some of Rivers' childhood though...

I can't explain how jealous I am becoming of his life. The stress is always worth it..