A Biography of Virginia Woolf: Virginia Woolf, the Lily of England: Virginia Woolf, the Lily of England

Author: Quentin Bell
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: Virginia Woolf, the lily of England. With her beautiful appearance, extraordinary talent, and temperament, she was the "queen" of the Bloomsbury Group, a master of stream-of-consciousness novels in the 20th century, and a pioneer of the women's movement. She was God's favorite; yet an early life marred by family flaws and nightmare-like abuse during her youth, and prone to episodes of hysterical mental illness. She was also God's. She was elegant, yet neurotic; she was emotional, yet profound; she was happy, yet unlucky. As sensitive as the touch-me-not plant, yet as fragile as glass, beautiful and sorrowful. Quentin Bell tells you the life of Virginia Woolf. This book is the most classic biography of Woolf, written by Quentin Bell, her most beloved nephew, a renowned British artist. Since its publication, it has received rave reviews and won numerous awards, including the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography (the highest biography award in the UK) and the Duff Cooper Prize Memorial.