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Originally published in 1920,

Our Family Affairs,

1867 to 1896, by E.F. Benson is a memoir by the precocious and prolific British author.

Many of his works are famed for their rye and dry camp humor and social observations. Let's get cozy. Close your eyes.

relax your body into the softness of your bed. Now take a few deep breaths. Take a few deep breaths.

Chapter 1, Wellington and the beginning.

My father was the headmaster of Wellington College, where and when I was born, but of him there,

in spite of his extraordinarily forcible personality.

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