Autobiography

This memoir by John Cowper Powys traces his life through the books and people that shaped him, recounting how his passion for reading took hold and how he came to understand himself. He moves across both physical distances and intellectual territory, and his account of these travels is vivid and personal.

Powys was an English novelist, essayist and lecturer, best known for his novel Wolf Solent. The introduction is by J. B. Priestley, the Yorkshire-born author.