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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... Julian Bell at so Gordon Square ; he leaves next day to drive an ambulance in Spain Virginia is again active and sociable ; some week - ends are spent at Monk's House Death of Janet Case The news is received of Julian Bell's death on 18 ...
... Julian Bell at so Gordon Square ; he leaves next day to drive an ambulance in Spain Virginia is again active and sociable ; some week - ends are spent at Monk's House Death of Janet Case The news is received of Julian Bell's death on 18 ...
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A Biography Quentin Bell. APPENDIX C Virginia Woolf and Julian Bell Julian Bell was killed in Spain on 18 July 1937. Virginia's memoir of him is dated 30 July 1937. The typescript ( MH / A 8 ) runs to some 7,000 words , and was made use ...
A Biography Quentin Bell. APPENDIX C Virginia Woolf and Julian Bell Julian Bell was killed in Spain on 18 July 1937. Virginia's memoir of him is dated 30 July 1937. The typescript ( MH / A 8 ) runs to some 7,000 words , and was made use ...
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... Bell ) , 189 , 256 -Julian Heward , early publications , - ISS ; on his generation , 177 , 178 ; advises against Roger Fry biography , 182 ; to China , 190 ; killed in Spain , 201-2 ; ref : 113 , 120 , 168 , 170 , 173n , 186 , 189n ...
... Bell ) , 189 , 256 -Julian Heward , early publications , - ISS ; on his generation , 177 , 178 ; advises against Roger Fry biography , 182 ; to China , 190 ; killed in Spain , 201-2 ; ref : 113 , 120 , 168 , 170 , 173n , 186 , 189n ...
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CHAPTER | 1 |
Appendix B Report on Teaching at Morley College | 202 |
Appendix E The Dreadnought Hoax | 213 |
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