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’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’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…