The Years
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| Originally published | 1937 |
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| Authors | Virginia Woolf |
| Publishers | Hogarth Press |
| Artists | Vanessa Bell |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Genres | Novel |
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| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2048049 |
About The Years
The Years is a 1937 novel by Virginia Woolf, the last she published in her lifetime. It traces the history of the genteel Pargiter family from the 1880s to the "present day" of the mid-1930s.
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... He told the BBC s Today programme that financial markets thought interest rates had now peaked and would come down in The Years ahead, which would in turn pull down longer-term rates that underpin mortgages...
Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger dies aged 100
... Over The Years, however, Kissinger was also subject to scathing criticism from those who accused him of putting rivalry with the Soviet Union over human rights and supporting repressive regimes across the world, including Augusto Pinochet s regime in Chile...
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... It has been involved in a string of fatal crashes over The Years...
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Lottery winner who gave away half of £115m fortune 'addicted' to helping
A lottery Winner who scooped a £115m fortune and has given away More Than half her winnings said she is " addicted" to Helping Others .
Frances Connolly, 55, agreed a yearly charity budget with her husband, Patrick, but had already spent up to 2032's allocation, She Said .
The Hartlepool couple and immediately gave away cash to friends and family.
Mrs Connolly said Helping Others " gives you a buzz and it's addictive".
" I'm addicted to it now, " She Said .
The former Social Worker and teacher has Set Up two charitable foundations: one named After Her late mother Kathleen Graham in her native Northern Ireland , and the PFC Trust which supports local young carers, the elderly and refugees in her Home Town .
She estimates she has given away £60m but does not keep a tally, joking she would be worried in case her 57-year-old husband saw it.
Mrs Connolly has a history of charitable acts, she volunteered with St John Ambulance as a child and Set Up an Aids helpline while a student in Belfast.
She now backs local community groups which help people get jobs, support refugees and young carers, and provide electronic tablets for old people so they can connect with their families.
Mr Connolly still runs his plastic businesses.
Their biggest personal expenditure was a six-bedroom house in County Durham with seven acres of land, while Mr Connolly drives a second-hand Aston Martin .
But Mrs Connolly baulks at the idea of spending money on luxuries like yachts, saying reports of someone spending £25,000 on a bottle of champagne made her think The Money could have helped a young person buy A House .
Asked by PA News why she was happy to give so much away, She Said : " Why wouldn't you? I've done that all My Life .
" I'd have been a millionaire anyway if I took back all The Money I've given away over The Years . "
Mrs Connolly said winning a huge amount of money might change a person's life but it does not alter their personality.
" If you're stupid before you get it, you're going to be stupid afterwards, " She Said .
" If I had any advice for a Winner . . I'd say money liberates you to be the person that you want to be. "
Source of news: bbc.com
