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 123
... Saxon and Lytton . As we have seen , Henry James did not care for Clive ; Saxon he seems to have liked even less . Neither the Bells nor the Stephens returned to Rye , nor did Virginia see very much of Henry James in later years . One ...
... Saxon and Lytton . As we have seen , Henry James did not care for Clive ; Saxon he seems to have liked even less . Neither the Bells nor the Stephens returned to Rye , nor did Virginia see very much of Henry James in later years . One ...
Page 150
... Saxon went for a walk while Virginia wrote at a shaky desk made by balancing her box on a commode . They met at lunch , and in the afternoon went to the opera . We must be a curious sight [ wrote Adrian to Vanessa ] as we leave the ...
... Saxon went for a walk while Virginia wrote at a shaky desk made by balancing her box on a commode . They met at lunch , and in the afternoon went to the opera . We must be a curious sight [ wrote Adrian to Vanessa ] as we leave the ...
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... Saxon had not understood . He hoards things , like a dormouse . His mind is marvellously accurate ; but I am rather surprised by his intellect . . . . We are rather austere , like monks and nuns , speak little , & oh I long for you ...
... Saxon had not understood . He hoards things , like a dormouse . His mind is marvellously accurate ; but I am rather surprised by his intellect . . . . We are rather austere , like monks and nuns , speak little , & oh I long for you ...
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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