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Leonard accepted the irreverent scepticism of his friends but he did not quite
accept their frivolity or their worldliness. Having finished The Village in the Jungle
he set to work upon a novel which he called The Wise Virgins* The story is that of
a ...
Leonard accepted the irreverent scepticism of his friends but he did not quite
accept their frivolity or their worldliness. Having finished The Village in the Jungle
he set to work upon a novel which he called The Wise Virgins* The story is that of
a ...
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On Easter Day 1917 Duncan and Vanessa came over from Charleston to tea at
Asham, and Virginia was able to have a comfortable, intimate talk with her sister
and tell her "all about her new novel." I am the principal character in it & I expect ...
On Easter Day 1917 Duncan and Vanessa came over from Charleston to tea at
Asham, and Virginia was able to have a comfortable, intimate talk with her sister
and tell her "all about her new novel." I am the principal character in it & I expect ...
Page 105
The essays would be published in April 1925, the novel a month later. This she
accomplished. That summer she worked swiftly and well; by 2 August she had
reached the death of Septimus Warren Smith. It is true that, on the following day,
she ...
The essays would be published in April 1925, the novel a month later. This she
accomplished. That summer she worked swiftly and well; by 2 August she had
reached the death of Septimus Warren Smith. It is true that, on the following day,
she ...
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User Review - AliceAnna - LibraryThingI don't like Ms. Woolf any better knowing her history, but maybe I will be able to better understand her writings. On the other hand, however, Leonard Woolf was a saint! Read full review
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User Review - BenasReads - LibraryThingVery good biography wrote by one of Virginias family members. Read full review
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
Appendix B Report on Teaching at Morley College | 202 |
Appendix E The Dreadnought Hoax | 213 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Virginia Woolf: a biography, Volumes 1-2 |
| Author | Quentin Bell |
| Edition | 2, illustrated |
| Publisher | Hogarth, 1990 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 21 May 2008 |
| Length | 316 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
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