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 110
... Thoby was not responding to treatment . This was hardly surprising since the doctors had decided that he was suffering from malaria and it was only discovered after ten days , through the discreet but desperate intervention of the nurse ...
... Thoby was not responding to treatment . This was hardly surprising since the doctors had decided that he was suffering from malaria and it was only discovered after ten days , through the discreet but desperate intervention of the nurse ...
Page 195
... Thoby and Adrian stay two days , then re- turn to London and leave for Trieste on 10 August . Guests include George Duckworth , Hester Ritchie and Emma Vaughan Virginia , Vanessa and Violet Dickinson leave London for Greece ; they meet ...
... Thoby and Adrian stay two days , then re- turn to London and leave for Trieste on 10 August . Guests include George Duckworth , Hester Ritchie and Emma Vaughan Virginia , Vanessa and Violet Dickinson leave London for Greece ; they meet ...
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... Thoby . For some reason I did not answer , that he was like Thoby . I have always been foolish about that . I did not like any Bell to be like Thoby , partly through snobbishness I suppose ; nor do I think that Julian was like Thoby ...
... Thoby . For some reason I did not answer , that he was like Thoby . I have always been foolish about that . I did not like any Bell to be like Thoby , partly through snobbishness I suppose ; nor do I think that Julian was like Thoby ...
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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