Author: Patrick White

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In fact I enjoyed every minute of my life at King's, especially the discovery of French and German literature.

In fact I enjoyed every minute of my life at King's, especially the discovery of French and German literature.

- Patrick White

My father and mother were second cousins, though they did not meet till shortly before their marriage.

My father and mother were second cousins, though they did not meet till shortly before their marriage.

- Patrick White

When I was rising eighteen I persuaded my parents to let me return to Australia and at least see whether I could adapt myself to life on the land before going up to Cambridge.

When I was rising eighteen I persuaded my parents to let me return to Australia and at least see whether I could adapt myself to life on the land before going up to Cambridge.

- Patrick White

Then about 1951 I began writing again, painfully, a novel I called in the beginning A Life Sentence on Earth, but which developed into The Tree of Man.

Then about 1951 I began writing again, painfully, a novel I called in the beginning A Life Sentence on Earth, but which developed into The Tree of Man.

- Patrick White

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