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1881 – 1924: The life and times of Ms Virginia Woolf
1881 – 1924: The life and times of Ms Virginia Woolf
Hermione Lee sees Virginia Woolf afresh, in her historical setting and as a vital figure for our times. Her book moves freely between a richly detailed life-story and new attempts to understand crucial questions – the impact of her childhood, the cause and nature of her madness and suicide, the truth about her marriage, her feelings for women, her prejudices and obsessions.
This is a vivid, close-up portrait, returning to primary sources, and showing Woolf as occupying a distinct, even uneasy position with ‘Bloomsbury’. It is a writer’s life, illustrating how the concerns of her work arise and develop, and a political life, which establishes Woolf as a radically sceptical, subversive, courageous feminist.
Destination: Sussex, Rodmell, London Author/Guide: Hermione Lee Departure Time: 1881 – 1924
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