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- Virginia Woolf
- August 26, 2018
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The Private Sphere in May Sinclair’s The Divine Fire & Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day
The following is a guest post by Kirsty Hewitt. Hewitt is in her final year of a Research Master’s degree at the University of Glasgow, following a taught Master’s at…
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- December 14, 2017
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Virginia Woolf’s Orlando: A Landscape Love Story Transcending All Borders
The following is a guest post by Gloria Buckley. Buckley is a member of the Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain and has just completed her Master of Arts with…
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- May 3, 2017
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London Literary Tours & Pub Crawls
London has a rich literary history with many famous literary sites scattered across the city. What better way to explore that history than with a literary tour of the city?…
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- March 17, 2017
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Virginia Woolf and Ballet
The following is a guest post by Imola Nagy-Seres. Seres is a PhD student in English Literature at the University of Exeter. Her research focuses on sympathy in the modernist…
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- December 19, 2016
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Virginia Woolf’s Family Tree
Virginia Woolf’s family consisted of writers, artists, photographs as well as politicians and aristocrats. Woolf’s family tree can be traced back to the 18th century and includes many interesting and colorful…
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- October 18, 2016
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Best Virginia Woolf-Themed Gifts
If you have a Virginia Woolf fan in your family or circle of friends, you may be wondering what to get them for an upcoming birthday or holiday. To help you find…
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- October 16, 2016
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Philip Morrell’s Crush on Virginia Woolf
During the summer of 1927, Virginia Woolf discovered she had a new admirer, Philip Morrell, a well-known politician and husband of Virginia’s friend, Lady Ottoline Morrell. Virginia was a frequent…
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- October 14, 2015
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Stream of Consciousness as a Literary Technique
The following is a guest post by Kitti Tóth. Tóth is a PhD student in Modern English and American Doctoral Programme at Budapest, Eötvös Loránd University. She became a Woolf…
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- April 8, 2015
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Virginia Woolf’s Family
Virginia Woolf came from a large family and artistic family. Woolf was originally born Virginia Stephen in London in 1882. Her parents were Sir Leslie Stephen and Julia Jackson. She had…
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- December 3, 2014
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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: What’s It All About?
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf is a 1962 Broadway play about the troubled marriage of a middle-aged couple named Martha and George. The play critiques the idea of the perfect…
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- March 18, 2014
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How Virginia Woolf Inspired the Bechdel Test
It was recently revealed that the Bechdel Test, the feminist benchmark for movies that first originated in a comic strip by Alison Bechdel in 1985, was indirectly inspired by Virginia Woolf’s book…
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- December 2, 2013
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Book Review: Virginia Woolf’s Garden by Caroline Zoob
Virginia Woolf’s Garden, published in November, is a fascinating look not only at the sprawling garden at Virginia’s country home, Monk’s House in Rodmell, but also at the effect the…
- Virginia Woolf
- August 14, 2013
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Virginia Woolf on Henry David Thoreau
In July of 1917, Virginia Woolf wrote an article commemorating the 100th anniversary of Henry David Thoreau’s birth for the Times Literary Supplement. Woolf was an admirer of American writers like Thoreau…
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- June 11, 2013
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Three Guineas by Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf published her nonfiction book Three Guineas on June 2, 1938 as a sequel to A Room Of One’s Own. The book’s original title was Professions for Women and it was intended…
- Virginia Woolf
- April 1, 2013
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Virginia Woolf’s Best-Selling Books
During her lifetime, Virginia Woolf wrote over 10 novels and numerous non-fiction books that forever changed the landscape of modern literature. Although Virginia’s earlier books were often met with sharp…
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- March 7, 2013
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To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
To The Lighthouse, published on May 5, 1927, is one of Virginia Woolf’s best known books and is considered by many critics to be one of the most influential English-language novels of the…
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- January 29, 2013
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James Russell Lowell: Virginia Woolf’s Godfather
James Russell Lowell was an American poet whom Virginia Woolf’s father, Leslie Stephen, met during Stephen’s trip to America during the Civil War. The two became such close friends that Stephen later…
- Virginia Woolf
- January 17, 2013
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The Waves by Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf’s The Waves, published on October 8, 1931, is considered one of her most experimental novels. Instead of a plot-driven story, the stream-of-consciousness novel is told in a series of soliloquies by its…
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- January 4, 2013
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Virginia Woolf’s Flirtation with Clive Bell
Virginia Woolf began openly flirting with her brother-in-law Clive Bell, shortly after the birth of his first child, Julian, in 1908, causing a deep rift in Virginia’s relationship with her…
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- December 21, 2012
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A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
A Room of One’s Own is an extended essay first published on October 24, 1929. The essay is based on two lectures titled Women and Fiction that Virginia Woolf gave at…
- Virginia Woolf
- December 11, 2012
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Virginia Woolf Quotes
It is pretty fair to say that Virginia Woolf had a way with words like no other. Here’s a compilation of some Virginia Woolf quotes from her many books, letters, diaries…
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- November 29, 2012
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The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf’s first novel The Voyage Out tells the story of a young woman’s journey of self-discovery on her father’s ship in South America. Published on March 26, 1915, just a few…
- Virginia Woolf
- November 5, 2012
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Virginia Woolf’s Love of American Writers
Despite her deep English roots, Virginia Woolf was a fan of American writers and felt they were superior to British writers. According to an article in the Dublin Review, Virginia…
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- October 5, 2012
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Was Virginia Woolf Jealous of Lytton Strachey?
When Lytton Strachey published his book, Eminent Victorians, in June of 1918, it quickly became a huge success, which left his close friend, Virginia Woolf, feeling a little envious. According…
- Virginia Woolf
- September 25, 2012
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Virginia Woolf at Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee
On June 22, 1897, Queen Victoria celebrated her Diamond Jubilee with a large procession throughout London. According to a recent article in the Guardian, fifteen-year-old Virginia Woolf attended the procession…
- Virginia Woolf
- September 18, 2012
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Virginia Woolf & the Neighborhood Children
Virginia Woolf was a fascinating woman who made an impression on everyone she met, including the neighborhood children of Rodmell, where Virginia owned a country home called Monk’s house. According…
- Virginia Woolf
- September 5, 2012
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Virginia Woolf’s Fascination with the Titanic
After the Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, Virginia Woolf developed a fascination with the disaster and even toyed with the idea of writing about it. According to How to…
- Virginia Woolf
- August 27, 2012
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Virginia Woolf’s First Car
After the success of her novel To The Lighthouse in 1927, Virginia and Leonard Woolf decided to buy their first car, a Singer. Virgina never identified the model but based on her description it…
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- August 22, 2012
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When Virginia Woolf Went Skinny Dipping with Rupert Brooke
In the summer of 1911, Virginia Woolf visited her friend, the young poet Rupert Brooke, at the Old Vicarage in Cambridge where Brooke lived with a group of friends. During…
- Virginia Woolf
- August 13, 2012
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Virginia Woolf’s Many Suitors
In the years prior to Virginia Stephen’s marriage to Leonard Woolf, Virginia had a score of suitors asking for her hand in marriage. Besides her friend Lytton Strachey, who proposed to…
- Virginia Woolf
- July 22, 2012
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Virginia Woolf: The Morley College Teacher
Despite her own lack of a formal education, Virginia Woolf spent two years as a teacher at Morley College For Working Men and Women in London. Between the years 1905…
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- July 10, 2012
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Did Virginia Woolf Live in a Haunted House?
Between the years 1912 until 1919, Virginia Woolf and her husband Leonard spent their weekends and holidays in a rented country house in East Sussex called Asheham house. Virginia rented…
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- June 19, 2012
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Leonard Woolf: Life After Virginia
Virginia Woolf’s death in March of 1941 brought an end to her 29-year-long marriage to Leonard Woolf. After her death was announced in the press, Leonard, who had nursed Virginia through many…
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- May 31, 2012
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Virginia Woolf’s Suicide Note to Vanessa Bell
When Virginia Woolf committed suicide on March 28, 1941, she left behind two suicide notes for her husband Leonard and one for her sister, Vanessa. The notes to Leonard were widely published…
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- May 14, 2012
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Virginia Woolf’s Last Day
On the day Virginia Woolf committed suicide, Friday March 28, 1941, Leonard had tried to keep Virginia occupied, knowing that she wasn’t well and needed to keep busy. Yet, though he…
- Virginia Woolf
- May 2, 2012
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Virginia Woolf’s Strange Treatment to Cure Her Mental Illness
Virginia Woolf’s psychiatrist, George Savage, subscribed to a common medical theory in the 1920s known as “focal infection theory” which was the belief that mental illness and other health problems…
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- April 18, 2012
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Virginia Woolf’s Last Diary Entry
Virginia Woolf’s last diary entry, written the day before Virginia committed suicide, gives us a glimpse into her state of mind around the time of her death. What’s striking about the…
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- April 9, 2012
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Vanessa Bell on Virginia Woolf’s Lesbian Affair
When Virginia Woolf finally confessed her lesbian affair with Vita Sackville-West to her sister, Vanessa Bell, in April of 1929, Vanessa’s response was more curious than surprised. Virginia described the amusing moment…
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- April 3, 2012
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Lytton Strachey’s Failed Marriage Proposal to Virginia Woolf
Lytton Strachey was a writer, member of the Bloomsbury group and close friend to Virginia Woolf. Although he was homosexual, Strachey wanted to be married, possibly to avoid being identified as gay…
- Virginia Woolf
- March 26, 2012
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Virginia Woolf: Witness to the Blitz
In the summer of 1940, Virginia Woolf spotted her first German plane during the blitz while staying at her country house in Rodmell. Although she had heard air raid sirens…
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- March 21, 2012
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Virginia Woolf’s Homes Destroyed in the London Blitz
In the fall of 1940, Virginia Woolf’s London homes at 52 Tavistock square and 37 Mecklenburgh square were damaged by German bombs during the early phase of the London Blitz.…
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- March 14, 2012
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Virginia Woolf & Vita Sackville-West: A Love Affair
After Virginia Woolf met fellow writer Vita Sackville-West in the early 1920s, the two women began a romantic affair that lasted for a number of years. Virginia and Vita first met at…
- Virginia Woolf
- March 8, 2012
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Virginia Woolf’s Trip through Nazi Germany
In the spring of 1935, Virginia and Leonard Woolf decided to take a road trip to France and Italy, passing right through Nazi Germany. Since Leonard was Jewish, they were…
- Virginia Woolf
- March 1, 2012
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Virginia Woolf and the Dreadnought Hoax
The Dreadnought Hoax was a practical joke that Virginia Woolf and her friends played on the British Navy when they disguised themselves as Abyssinian princes and convinced the navy to…
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- February 21, 2012
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Virginia Woolf’s Misquoted Suicide Note
After the press announced Virginia Woolf’s death in April of 1941, The Sunday Times of London later ran an article about Virginia titled “Cannot Go On Any Longer – Virginia Woolf’s Last…
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- February 19, 2012
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Virginia Woolf’s Family Connection to Marie Antoinette
Although Virginia Woolf was a well-known Englishwoman, Virginia Woolf’s family had a surprising connection to French aristocracy. Woolf had French roots on her mother’s side of the family and was a direct…
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- February 13, 2012
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The Marriage of Virginia and Leonard Woolf
Virginia Woolf, whose maiden name was Stephen, and Leonard Woolf first met while Virginia was visiting her brother Thoby at Trinity college around the year 1900. Noting the white dress…
- Virginia Woolf
- February 9, 2012
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Timeline of Virginia Woolf’s Life
The following is a timeline of events in Virginia Woolf’s life: 1878: ♦On March 26, 1878, Leslie Stephen marries Julia Prinsep Duckworth. 1879: ♦On May 30, 1879, Vanessa Stephen is…
- Virginia Woolf
- February 5, 2012
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Virginia Woolf’s Death: Reactions from the Public
After the press reported Virginia Woolf’s disappearance in early April of 1941 and her death three weeks later, Virginia’s husband, Leonard Woolf, received an outpouring of condolence letters from not only friends and…
- Virginia Woolf
- February 1, 2012
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Virginia Woolf’s Suicide
When Virginia Woolf left her house on the last day of her life on March 28 in 1941, she left behind a note to Vanessa Bell, her sister, and a note to Leonard Woolf, her husband.…
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- January 22, 2012
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Virginia Woolf and Hitler’s Blacklist
After WWII ended, a black book containing a list of over 2,300 prominent British citizens was discovered among the papers of Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler. The book, titled Sonderfahndungsliste G.B.…
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- January 12, 2012
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Virginia Woolf’s Works Now In The Public Domain
On January 1, 2012 Virginia Woolf’s books officially entered the public domain in Great Britain. Woolf wrote many influential literary works, including Orlando, A Room of One’s Own, Mrs. Dalloway and To The Lighthouse as…
- Virginia Woolf
- January 11, 2012
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Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group
The Bloomsbury Group was a circle of writers, artists and intellectuals from the Bloomsbury district of London. Bloomsbury Group Members: The Bloomsbury Group originally started off with 10 members and…
