1882-1941 English Author, Feminist, Essayist, Publisher, and
Critic rohrbachlibrary.wordpress.com
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Born in Kensington Sexually abused by her half brother at the
age of 6 Suffered from bipolar disorder and a number of mental
breakdowns The Woolf family started the Hogarth Press in 1917 as
mental therapy for Virginia
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One of the founders of the Modernist movement Gave lectures at
Cambridge University education.ezinemark.com
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Possible lesbian relationships with her friends Vita West and
Violet Dickinson at different times in her life
search.barnesandnoble.comwww.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jwoolf.htm
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Backed the feminist movement with great tenacity during her
lifetime Many quotes pertaining to her beliefs women could become
powerful only by achieving financial and psychological independence
from men As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the
whole world If one could be friendly with women, what a pleasure -
the relationship so secret and private compared with relations with
men. Why not write about it truthfully?
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Novels: The Voyage Out, Night and Day, Jacobs Room, Mrs.
Dalloway, The Waves, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, The Years, and
Between the Acts Short Story Collections: Monday or Tuesday, A
Haunted House and Other Short Stories, Mrs. Dalloways Party, and
The Complete Shorter Fiction
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The Only Voice Recording of Virginia Woolf Part of a BBC radio
broadcast on April 29 th, 1937 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8cz
s8v6PuI&feature=player_detailpage laphamsquarterly.org
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I have lost friends, some by death... others through sheer
inability to cross the street. The Waves (1931) Women have served
all these centuries as looking-glasses possessing the magic and
delicious power of reflecting the figure of a man at twice its
natural size. A Room of Ones Own (1929)
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On March 28 th 1941, Virginia put on her overcoat, filled the
pockets with stones, and walked into the river near her home. Body
found April 18 th 1941 Dearest, 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 I can't
concentrate. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do. excerpt
from her suicide note to her husband