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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... novel which he called The Wise Virgins . * The story is that of a young man ( Leonard himself ) who oscillates between two young women ; they come from very different social backgrounds ; one belongs - more or less - to the same milieu ...
... novel which he called The Wise Virgins . * The story is that of a young man ( Leonard himself ) who oscillates between two young women ; they come from very different social backgrounds ; one belongs - more or less - to the same milieu ...
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... novel . " I am the principal character in it & I expect I'm a very priggish & severe young woman but perhaps you'll see what I was like at 18 - I think the most interesting character is evidently my mother who is made exactly like Lady ...
... novel . " I am the principal character in it & I expect I'm a very priggish & severe young woman but perhaps you'll see what I was like at 18 - I think the most interesting character is evidently my mother who is made exactly like Lady ...
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... novel . More subtly , his wife invented the Novel Club , which was to lure him into literature , and in 1920 the Memoir Club * was devised with a similar purpose . This club lasted for many years with- out ever extracting from Desmond ...
... novel . More subtly , his wife invented the Novel Club , which was to lure him into literature , and in 1920 the Memoir Club * was devised with a similar purpose . This club lasted for many years with- out ever extracting from Desmond ...
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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