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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... seemed that there would be no real recovery from this second bout of the disease ; it had inflicted a wound which appeared to be incurable . In April , Jean Thomas told Violet Dickinson that Virginia's mind seemed " played out " and ...
... seemed that there would be no real recovery from this second bout of the disease ; it had inflicted a wound which appeared to be incurable . In April , Jean Thomas told Violet Dickinson that Virginia's mind seemed " played out " and ...
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... seemed , had found or was looking for a new employment ; so would she . T. S. Eliot wrote to say that he half expected to meet her in Russell Square directing the traffic and wearing an Air Raid Warden's tin hat . In that ' phoney ...
... seemed , had found or was looking for a new employment ; so would she . T. S. Eliot wrote to say that he half expected to meet her in Russell Square directing the traffic and wearing an Air Raid Warden's tin hat . In that ' phoney ...
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... seemed ridiculous . But her qualms about fighting the enemy did not make the enemy himself appear any less terrifying . It was disturbing to find that the bestial stupidity of the Fascist , his belief in the most puerile nonsense , was ...
... seemed ridiculous . But her qualms about fighting the enemy did not make the enemy himself appear any less terrifying . It was disturbing to find that the bestial stupidity of the Fascist , his belief in the most puerile nonsense , was ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
Appendix B Report on Teaching at Morley College | 202 |
Appendix E The Dreadnought Hoax | 213 |
Copyright | |
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