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 162
... Nessa has done her best for us . She has invented an old woman who comes before anyone asks her , to stop the chimbleys smoking , & finds eggs , by looking for them , on the common . Then Nessa said at breakfast , " What a very large ...
... Nessa has done her best for us . She has invented an old woman who comes before anyone asks her , to stop the chimbleys smoking , & finds eggs , by looking for them , on the common . Then Nessa said at breakfast , " What a very large ...
Page 155
... Nessa ; wishes to feel again the old sentimental emotions . After all , Nessa and I are his only women relations . A queer cawing of homing rooks this is . I daresay the delights of snobbishness somewhat fail in later life - and we have ...
... Nessa ; wishes to feel again the old sentimental emotions . After all , Nessa and I are his only women relations . A queer cawing of homing rooks this is . I daresay the delights of snobbishness somewhat fail in later life - and we have ...
Page 256
... Nessa's car . At first it wouldn't start . He sat there at the wheel frowning , looking very magnificent , in his shirt sleeves ; with an expression as if he had made up his mind & were determined , though there was this obstacle - the ...
... Nessa's car . At first it wouldn't start . He sat there at the wheel frowning , looking very magnificent , in his shirt sleeves ; with an expression as if he had made up his mind & were determined , though there was this obstacle - the ...
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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