Virginia Woolf's Women A work of original and detailed research
this is the first biography to concentrate exclusively on
Woolf's close and inspirational female friendships ... Show
synopsis A work of original and detailed research this is the
first biography to concentrate exclusively on Woolf's close and
inspirational female friendships with the key women in her life.
Vanessa Curtis looks both at the effect of these relationships
on her emotional life and the inspiration that each woman
provided for the female protagonists in her fiction. Women
inspired and fascinated Woolf until the day she died, evoking
not only her loyalty, love and wit, but also anger, envy and
insecurity. The author begins by exposing the lesser-known
details of Woolf's Victorian childhood, spent underneath the
suffocating wings of the 'angels in the house' who instilled in
her a lifelong battle between creativity and convention. The
journey continues with a study of the other unique women in
Woolf's life: her silent sister, Vanessa Be