Virginia Woolf
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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Few literary biographies have achieved the intimacy and authority of Quentin Bell's Virginia Woolf, a landmark work written by the novelist's own nephew, who draws on unparalleled access to family letters, diaries, and memories to paint an extraordinarily vivid portrait of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. Bell chronicles Woolf's life from her privileged yet turbulent Victorian childhood in the Stephen household, through her central role in the Bloomsbury Group, to the devastating mental breakdowns and creative triumphs that defined her singular existence, culminating in her tragic death in 1941. Beyond its rich biographical detail, this work stands as a profound meditation on the relationship between genius and suffering, illuminating how Woolf's personal anguish was inseparable from the revolutionary prose that produced masterworks such as Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and The Waves. Bell writes with a scholar's precision and a family member's warmth, producing a narrative that is both meticulously researched and deeply human. First published in 1972 and winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, it remains the definitive life of Virginia Woolf — and a book that will leave any reader hungry to return to her pages.
Author: Quentin Bell
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few literary biographies have achieved the intimacy and authority of Quentin Bell's Virginia Woolf, a landmark work written by the novelist's own nephew, who draws on unparalleled access to family letters, diaries, and memories to paint an extraordinarily vivid portrait of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. Bell chronicles Woolf's life from her privileged yet turbulent Victorian childhood in the Stephen household, through her central role in the Bloomsbury Group, to the devastating mental breakdowns and creative triumphs that defined her singular existence, culminating in her tragic death in 1941. Beyond its rich biographical detail, this work stands as a profound meditation on the relationship between genius and suffering, illuminating how Woolf's personal anguish was inseparable from the revolutionary prose that produced masterworks such as Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and The Waves. Bell writes with a scholar's precision and a family member's warmth, producing a narrative that is both meticulously researched and deeply human. First published in 1972 and winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, it remains the definitive life of Virginia Woolf — and a book that will leave any reader hungry to return to her pages.