A Biography of Virginia Woolf

Author: (English) Quentin Bell
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Publication 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; an early broken family, nightmare-like abuse in her youth, and intermittent episodes of hysterical mental illness. She was also God's. She was elegant, yet neurotic; she was emotional, yet profound; she was happy, yet unhappy. As sensitive as the touch-me-not, yet as fragile as glass, beautiful, 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 widespread acclaim 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. 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; an early broken family, nightmare-like abuse in her youth, and intermittent episodes of hysterical mental illness. She was also God's. She was elegant, yet neurotic; she was emotional, yet profound; she was happy, yet unhappy. As sensitive as the touch-me-not, yet as fragile as glass, beautiful, 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 widespread acclaim 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.