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Virginia Woolf


British Library Writers Lives

No. of pages 128

Published: 1999

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Drawing on a wide variety of illustrative material, from manuscripts in Woolf's hand in The British Library, to photographs, portraits and paintings in many other collections, Ruth Webb discusses Woolf's life and works and examines why she continues to excite extremes of adoration or vilification among her readers. This concise overview and new perspective on Woolf's life is intended for anyone who enjoys her novels or is studying her writing, from GCSE upwards.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called British Library Writers Lives .

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published in 1999 by British Library Publishing .

 

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Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf was an English writer, big in London's literary society and a central part of the Bloomsbury Group of intellectuals. Born 1882, she suffered periods of depression throughout her life and comitted suicide in 1941. Her works include Mrs Dalloway, Orlando, and A Room of One's Own, from which is taken the famous quote 'A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction'.