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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... ( later Lord Teignmouth ) , Granville Sharp , William Wilberforce , John and Henry Venn - respectively rector and curate of Clapham ; these were the so - called ' saints ' of the Clapham Sect . James was drawn to this evangelical society ...
... ( later Lord Teignmouth ) , Granville Sharp , William Wilberforce , John and Henry Venn - respectively rector and curate of Clapham ; these were the so - called ' saints ' of the Clapham Sect . James was drawn to this evangelical society ...
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... later , it was proposed that Stella should go to convalesce in the country : She ... irritated me extremely by saying that I should have to go with her when she goes away , which I with great vehemence , declared to be impossible . Why ...
... later , it was proposed that Stella should go to convalesce in the country : She ... irritated me extremely by saying that I should have to go with her when she goes away , which I with great vehemence , declared to be impossible . Why ...
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... later life in London , Desmond , and Virginia herself , his place in Bloomsbury and Julian , Anthony Blunt and Gerald Heard might write about his later years . This scheme never came to anything , but the idea of a ' Life ' persisted ...
... later life in London , Desmond , and Virginia herself , his place in Bloomsbury and Julian , Anthony Blunt and Gerald Heard might write about his later years . This scheme never came to anything , but the idea of a ' Life ' persisted ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
Appendix B Report on Teaching at Morley College | 202 |
Appendix E The Dreadnought Hoax | 213 |
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