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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... beauty appears and reappears , sometimes vaguely , sometimes strikingly reincarnated from avatar to avatar . This type lies dormant in the men of the family to re - emerge in their daughters , those daughters who have delighted ...
... beauty appears and reappears , sometimes vaguely , sometimes strikingly reincarnated from avatar to avatar . This type lies dormant in the men of the family to re - emerge in their daughters , those daughters who have delighted ...
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... beauty in pictures , would suddenly breed loquacity . The question would be discussed at a higher and higher level ... beauty was - or beauty was not - for I have never been quite sure which- part of a picture . Now this was rather ...
... beauty in pictures , would suddenly breed loquacity . The question would be discussed at a higher and higher level ... beauty was - or beauty was not - for I have never been quite sure which- part of a picture . Now this was rather ...
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... beauty in his brain . As for writing - I want to express beauty too - but beauty ( symmetry ? ) of life and the world , in action . Conflict ? -is that it ? If there is action in painting it is only to exhibit lines ; but with the end of ...
... beauty in his brain . As for writing - I want to express beauty too - but beauty ( symmetry ? ) of life and the world , in action . Conflict ? -is that it ? If there is action in painting it is only to exhibit lines ; but with the end of ...
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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