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Adeline Virginia Woolf (/ w ʊ l f /; née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English writer. She is considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors. She pioneered the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device.
- Virginia Woolf Bibliography
This is a bibliography of works by the English novelist and...
- Leonard Woolf
Leonard Sidney Woolf (/ ˈ w ʊ l f /; () 25 November 1880 –...
- Mrs Dalloway
Mrs Dalloway is a novel by Virginia Woolf published on 14...
- River Ouse, Sussex
The Ouse (/ uː z / OOZ) is a 35 miles (56 kilometres) long...
- Roger Fry
Roger Eliot Fry (14 December 1866 – 9 September 1934) was an...
- Adrian Stephen
Adrian and Karin Stephen 1914. Adrian Leslie Stephen (27...
- Orlando: a Biography
Orlando: A Biography is a novel by Virginia Woolf, first...
- Quentin Bell
Quentin Claudian Stephen Bell (19 August 1910 – 16 December...
- Virginia Woolf Bibliography
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She was born into a well-known family. Her father, Leslie Stephen, was a Victorian scholar. Her mother, born in India, was a favourite model of the Preraphaeliteartists. Her sister, Vanessa Bell, was a painter. She had two brothers; one of them, Thoby, died in 1906. Her mother died when she was thirteen and four years later her half-sister Stella d...
After her father's death, Virginia and her brothers and sister moved to Bloomsbury, London and there they became members of the famous group of artists called Bloomsbury Group. Here Virginia met writer Leonard Woolf (1880-1969), whom she was married to from 1912 until her death. Together, they moved to Richmond, where they opened a publishing offic...
On 28 March 1941, Woolf drowned herself by filling her overcoat pockets with stones and walking into the River Ouse near her home. Her body was not found until 18 April. Her husband buried her cremated remains beneath an elm tree in the garden of Monk's House, their home in Rodmell, Sussex.
In 1998, American writer Michael Cunningham wrote a novel in which she appeared, called The Hours (a winner of the Pulitzer award), which is best known because of the same named movie, in which the role of Virginia was played by actress Nicole Kidman. Kidman won an Oscar for her performance. Rather better known is Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, in...
Apr 16, 2024 · Virginia Woolf (born January 25, 1882, London, England—died March 28, 1941, near Rodmell, Sussex) was an English writer whose novels, through their nonlinear approaches to narrative, exerted a major influence on the genre.
- She was best known for her novels, especially Mrs. Dalloway (1925) and To the Lighthouse (1927). She also wrote pioneering essays on artistic theor...
- Virginia Woolf was married to British man of letters, publisher, and internationalist Leonard Woolf. They met before 1904 and married in August 1912.
- Virginia Woolf drowned herself in Sussex, England, on March 28, 1941, when she was 59 years old.
- In addition to Mrs. Dalloway (1925) and To the Lighthouse (1927), she wrote the novels The Voyage Out (1915), Jacob’s Room (1922), Orlando (1928),...
Apr 2, 2014 · English author Virginia Woolf wrote modernist classics including 'Mrs. Dalloway' and 'To the Lighthouse,' as well as pioneering feminist texts, 'A Room of One's Own' and 'Three Guineas.'.
Dec 17, 2019 · A new biography of Virginia Woolf looks at the impact of sexual abuse during her childhood and adolescence, and why this is relevant today.
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