Virginia Woolf in 1902
Virginia Woolf(1882-1941)
Virginia Woolf was a British writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device.
Woolf was born into an affluent household in South Kensington, London, the seventh child in a family of eight, where the girls were home-schooled in English classics and Victorian literature. An important influence in her early life was the summer home the family used in St Ives, Cornwall. From 1897–1901 she attended King's College London, where she studied classics and history. In 1912 Woolf married Leonard Woolf.
Throughout her life Woolf was troubled by bouts of mental illness, eventually committing suicide in 1941 at the age of 59. During the interwar period, Woolf was an important part of London's literary and artistic society. A large body of literature is dedicated to her life and work, and she has been the subject of many plays, novels, and films.
Woolf was born into an affluent household in South Kensington, London, the seventh child in a family of eight, where the girls were home-schooled in English classics and Victorian literature. An important influence in her early life was the summer home the family used in St Ives, Cornwall. From 1897–1901 she attended King's College London, where she studied classics and history. In 1912 Woolf married Leonard Woolf.
Throughout her life Woolf was troubled by bouts of mental illness, eventually committing suicide in 1941 at the age of 59. During the interwar period, Woolf was an important part of London's literary and artistic society. A large body of literature is dedicated to her life and work, and she has been the subject of many plays, novels, and films.
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