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Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf: An Inner Life | Julia Briggs
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Virgina Woolf is the greatest of all British women writers and one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century writing. She was a novelist utterly immersed in books, wholly original, passionate, vivid and with a steely dedication to her art. Yet given that what we value about Woolf's life is her nine great novels, most writing about her tends to revolve around her social life and the planet of the Bloomsbury set. Julia Briggs' aim in this fresh, absorbing new book is to put the writing back absolutely at the centre of Woolf's life; to read that life through her books, using the novels themselves to create a compelling new form of biography. Using Woolf's own matchless commentary on the creative process through her letters, diaries and essays, Julia Briggs has produced a book which is a convincing, moving picture of an artist at full stretch, but also a brilliant meditation on the whole nature of creativity.
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I always said that if I went for a PhD that I wanted to study Woolf's diaries and letters to see how her novels came about. What influenced her writing? How did each novel change how she viewed the world? I didn't go for a PhD, but I discovered that someone has already written that book. Now I need to get around to reading it. 📚😍 #VirginiaWoolf #Truelove #favoritewriter

LeahBergen She's just endlessly fascinating. ❤ 8y
Lesliereads I hate when someone else writes the book I was going to write 😁💔 8y
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