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Virginia Woolf (January 25, 1882 – March 28, 1941) was a British author and feminist, who is considered to be one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century. Between the world wars, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Her most famous novels include Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and Jacob’s Room.

Woolf is considered one of the greatest innovators in the English language. In her works she experimented with stream-of-consciousness, the underlying psychological as well as emotional motives of characters, and the various possibilities of fractured narrative and chronology.

On March 28, 1941, at the age of 59, Woolf filled her pockets with stones and drowned herself in the River Ouse, near her home in Rodmell. She left two suicide notes; one for her sister Vanessa, the other for her husband: “I feel certain that I am going mad again: I feel we can’t go through another of those terrible times. And I shan’t recover this time. I begin to hear voices, and can’t concentrate. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do. You have given me the greatest possible happiness… I can’t fight it any longer, I know that I am spoiling your life, that without me you could work.” [from wikipedia]

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A story about Virginia Woolf

by amsanjorge — 4 months ago

I’ve met her through her writing. She’s remarkable and has changed my life. I’ve gone to her for comfort countless times in her novels and in thinking about her. I love the beauty behind her words and how each moment she writes about is important to her characters no matter how trivial they seem to an observer. Sometimes the prose gets somewhat dull, especially to those who are just beginning to read her work, but there is this sense of “I must keep reading” because the very next sentence (or paragraph, or page, or set of pages) will be a gem. I love that feeling. I love her.

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Why I admire Virginia Woolf

by blacklilith — 1 year ago

Because she wrote “Mrs Dalloway”, “To the Lighthouse”, “The Waves”, “Jacob’s Room” ... because she was ahead of her time. I wish there was a Bloomsbury group near me.

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A story about Virginia Woolf

by Crrrash — 1 year ago

She managed to prove that women are not worse than men.I take her as a model in my life. I write about myself and my interests here...so you can read it)

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