Virginia Woolf

By: Sophie Darch

Virginia Woolf

• Born January 5, 1882

• London, England, UK

• She died March 28, 1941, she was 59 years old

• She died near Lewes England.

Virginia Woolf

• Her parents were Sir Leslie Stephen and Julia Prinsep Duckworth

• Both of her parents were widows, so when they were married they brought kids from their earlier marriage into the family.

• Her mother died suddenly in 1895 from influenza when Virginia was 13, causing her several nervous breakdowns.

• When her father died in 1904 it caused her most allarming collapse and she was briefly institutionalised.

Virginia Woolf

• In 1912 she married Leonard Woolf (some say that the marriage was never consummated)

• In 1922 Virginia Woolf met and fell in love with Vita Sackville-West and they soon began an affair.

• Although the affair ended the two women remained close friends.

Virginia Woolf

• Virginia Woolf died on March 28, 1941.

• She drowned herself by putting stones in her pockets and walking into the River Ouse.

• She left her husband a note saying that she was going mad again and couldn’t live through it.

Virginia Woolf

• She first started writing for the Times Sliteratry Supplement in 1905.

• Her first novel was The Voyage Out, published in 1915

• She wrote nine novels, including The Light House and The Waves

• She also wrote many short fiction and non-fiction pieces.

Virginia Woolf

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