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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... St Ives very much earlier than usual . This is a heavenly prospect to the minds of the juveniles who adore St Ives and revel in its numerous delights ... The annual promise and recollection of St Ives made London 30 VIRGINIA WOOLF.
... St Ives very much earlier than usual . This is a heavenly prospect to the minds of the juveniles who adore St Ives and revel in its numerous delights ... The annual promise and recollection of St Ives made London 30 VIRGINIA WOOLF.
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... St Ives was the only real country and the children longed for it . I have a lively image , although it is based upon very slender evidence , of that family exodus : Mr and Mrs Stephen , the girls , Adrian ( Thoby might come later from ...
... St Ives was the only real country and the children longed for it . I have a lively image , although it is based upon very slender evidence , of that family exodus : Mr and Mrs Stephen , the girls , Adrian ( Thoby might come later from ...
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... St Ives ... VB / RF , 29 September 1930 ( CH ) 32 Mr Wolstenholme ... MBk , p . 61 33 Rupert Brooke ... From Stella Duckworth's 1893 Diary it is clear that it was in August and September that the Brookes met the Stephens at St Ives ...
... St Ives ... VB / RF , 29 September 1930 ( CH ) 32 Mr Wolstenholme ... MBk , p . 61 33 Rupert Brooke ... From Stella Duckworth's 1893 Diary it is clear that it was in August and September that the Brookes met the Stephens at St Ives ...
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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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