bookmate game
en

Virginia Woolf

Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen) was an English novelist and essayist regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century. During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group.

Her most famous works include the novels Mrs. Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927), and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay A Room of One's Own (1929) with its famous dictum, "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."

Born into a privileged English household in 1882, author Virginia Woolf was raised by free-thinking parents. She began writing as a young girl and published her first novel, The Voyage Out, in 1915. She wrote modernist classics, as well as pioneering feminist works, A Room of One's Own and Three Guineas.

In her personal life, she suffered bouts of deep depression. She committed suicide in 1941, at the age of 59.

Throughout her career, Woolf spoke regularly at colleges and universities, penned dramatic letters, wrote moving essays and self-published a long list of short stories.

By her mid-forties, she had established herself as an intellectual, an innovative and influential writer and pioneering feminist. Her ability to balance dream-like scenes with deeply tense plot lines earned her incredible respect from peers and the public alike.

The writer was often accused of anti-Semitism. Her story "The Duchess and the Jeweler" (1938) was so profound in its hateful portrayal of Jews that Harper's Bazaar asked her to change it before publication.

Despite her outward success, she continued to suffer regularly from debilitating bouts of depression and severe mood swings.

Virginia Woolf still remains one of the most influential authors of the 21st century.
years of life: 25 January 1882 28 March 1941

Quotes

Purr gyssthas quotedlast year
There is the white house lying among the trees. It lies down there ever so far beneath us. We shall sink like swimmers just touching the ground with the tips of their toes. We shall sink through the green air of the leaves, Susan. We sink as we run. The waves close over us, the beech leaves meet above our heads.
Vero Escobarhas quoted5 months ago
A woman writes that she has to stop and kiss the page when she reads O[rlando] – Your race I imagine. The percentage of Lesbians is rising in the States, all because of you.
Debora Salamancahas quoted2 years ago
cómplice de sus amoríos con el poeta Robert Browning.

Impressions

gtk56271shared an impression2 months ago
👍Worth reading

Sarasinbooksshared an impression5 months ago
🔮Hidden Depths
🎯Worthwhile
👍Worth reading

  • Virginia Woolf
    To the Lighthouse
    • 3.7K
    • 653
    • 9
    • 155
    Free
  • elf1001shared an impression9 months ago
    👍Worth reading

  • fb2epub
    Drag & drop your files (not more than 5 at once)