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A short biography of VW. When I started reading it, I didn't know the author was the son of Vita Sakville-West, VW's friend and lover. I had only known general aspects of her life so this filled in more specific details from his unique perspective. If you want a scholarly biography, this isn't it.

... she said to me, "Nothing has really happened until it has been described. So you must write many letters to your family and friends, and keep a diary." Pain was relieved, and pleasure doubled, by recording it.

"Unless you catch ideas on the wing and nail them down, you will soon cease to have any." -V.W.