Virginia Woolf: A Biography, Volumes 1-2Nephew of Virginia Woolf, Quentin Bell enjoyed an intimacy with his subject granted to few biographers. Originally published in two volumes in 1972, and revised for this new edition, his acclaimed biography describes Virginia Woolf's family and childhood, her earliest writings; the formation of the Bloomsbury Group; her marriage to Leonard Woolf; the mental breakdowns of the years 1912-15; the origins and growth of the Hogarth Press; her friendships with T.S. Eliot, Katherine Mansfield and Vita Sackville-West; her struggles to write The waves and The years; and the political and personal distresses of her last decade. |
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Page 180
... Virginia assured him that there would be a bookcase . Thus , for the last three months of 1911 Leonard and Virginia saw a great deal of each other and Leonard found himself falling very deeply in love . She obviously liked him but what ...
... Virginia assured him that there would be a bookcase . Thus , for the last three months of 1911 Leonard and Virginia saw a great deal of each other and Leonard found himself falling very deeply in love . She obviously liked him but what ...
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... Leonard introduced two new terms into his abbreviated records of Virginia's daily health : worry- " Virginia good deal worried , " " less worry , " -and cheerful , which word indeed occurs but rarely among the worries and the good and ...
... Leonard introduced two new terms into his abbreviated records of Virginia's daily health : worry- " Virginia good deal worried , " " less worry , " -and cheerful , which word indeed occurs but rarely among the worries and the good and ...
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... Leonard found the excursion a pretty nerve - wracking affair ; Virginia was very fearful of strangers , still difficult over food , and liable to bursts of excitement or bouts of despair . But on the whole the holiday did her good ; her ...
... Leonard found the excursion a pretty nerve - wracking affair ; Virginia was very fearful of strangers , still difficult over food , and liable to bursts of excitement or bouts of despair . But on the whole the holiday did her good ; her ...
Contents
Appendix B Report on Teaching at Morley College | 202 |
Appendix B Fantasy upon a Gentleman | 253 |
A Note on Sources and References | 260 |
Copyright | |
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