Virginia Woolf: Biographic Details, Hogarth Press, Essays and Novels
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Biographic Details
- She was born in 1882.
- Considered as one of the most important modernist writers.
- She was born in affluent household in London.
- Woolf was home schooled.
- At the age of 13, Virginia suffered from bouts of depression because of many deaths in her family.
- After her father՚s death, Virginia and her siblings move to Bloomsbury area of London.
- During this period Virginia came in contact with the intellectuals circle of that time.
- In 1912, she married Leonard Woolf.
- Vita Sackville West and her intimate friendship with her.
Hogarth Press
- Hogarth Press was founded in 1917 by Leonard and Virginia Woolf.
- Forefront in publishing works on psychoanalysis and other controversial work.
Essays
- Modern Fiction
- On Being ill
- The London Scene
- Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown
- Three Guineas
- A Letter to a young poet
- Moments of Being
- A Room of One՚s Own
- A Sketch of the Past
Novels
- “The Voyage Out”
- “Night and Day”
- “Jacob՚s Room”
- “Mrs. Dalloway”
- “To the Lighthouse”
- “Orlando”
- “The Waves”
- “The Years”
- “Between the Acts”
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