Virginia Woolf Nicolson, Nigel. creator text bibliography biography Biographies. enk London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2000 monographic eng print ix, 165 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm This volume is a biography of English writer Virginia Woolf (1882-1941). Woolf is regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century. During the inter war period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs. Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay, A Room of One's Own (1929), with its famous dictum, "A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction." This biography was written by someone who knew her well when he was a child; and it closely investigates her attitudes to feminism and war. The author was the son of Vita Sackville-West, who was Virginia Woolf's closest friend. "This biography of Virginia Woolf is unusual. It is written by someone who knew her well when he was a child. Although short, it gives the key moments, the key traits and the key ideas that have made her life so continuously fascinating to new generations. At the same time it provides a firm record of her literary achievement." "Nigel Nicolson's life of Virginia Woolf is an affectionate, but not uncritical, portrait of one of the most remarkable women of her age. It fully vindicates the notion that, in a biography such as this, brevity can be far more satisfying than exhaustiveness."--Jacket. Nigel Nicolson. Accession #: 2020_0001 The Cushing Library Lit/Mitchell copy is a donation from J. Lawrence Mitchell. "First published in Great Britain in 2000"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-165). e-uk--- Woolf, Virginia 1882-1941 Novelists, English 20th century Biography Woolf, Virginia 1882-1941 Romanciers anglais 20e siècle Biographies Woolf, Virginia 1882-1941 Novelists, English Biografie Woolf, Virginia (1882-1941) Biographies Woolf, Virginia 1900-1999 fast PR6045.O72 Z832 2000b 823/.912 B 18.05 HM 4815 Lives (Weidenfeld and Nicolson (Firm)) 0297646206 9780297646204 2003446197 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy042/2003446197.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/orion051/2003446197.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/orion051/2003446197.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy042/2003446197.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/orion051/2003446197.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/orion051/2003446197.html UKM 020311 20230324195238.2 in00004651350 eng