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 37
... admiration - and of pity . She was interesting , vulnerable , gifted and charming . But also she dressed like a tart and behaved like a bitch . Or so it sometimes seemed to Virginia and in rather the same way she admired her stories ...
... admiration - and of pity . She was interesting , vulnerable , gifted and charming . But also she dressed like a tart and behaved like a bitch . Or so it sometimes seemed to Virginia and in rather the same way she admired her stories ...
Page 116
... admire Vita's rank , her beauty and her amiability of temper . He was quick to see her merits and to report to Virginia that Mrs Nicolson admired her , despite which , when she met " the lovely gifted aristocratic Sackville - West " she ...
... admire Vita's rank , her beauty and her amiability of temper . He was quick to see her merits and to report to Virginia that Mrs Nicolson admired her , despite which , when she met " the lovely gifted aristocratic Sackville - West " she ...
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... admire in the novels and the poetry , but she never extends her indulgence to the limits of what her conscience would allow , as she was always ready to do for Leonard . The reason , I think , is clear . She admired Leonard in a way ...
... admire in the novels and the poetry , but she never extends her indulgence to the limits of what her conscience would allow , as she was always ready to do for Leonard . The reason , I think , is clear . She admired Leonard in a way ...
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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