Virginia Woolf: A Biography
Quentin bell , سهیلا بسکی ( translator ).
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First published January 1, 1971
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Virginia Woolf: A Biography Paperback – 26 April 1996
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Quentin Bell (1910-1996), the author of Virginia Woolf: A Biography , was the son of Virginia Woolf ’s sister, Vanessa Bell . He was an artist like his mother, working across several media, and like his father Clive Bell , he was a writer and art critic.
He once recalled: “Virginia Woolf was my aunt and as a child I illustrated and to some extent inspired some rather fanciful biographies of her friends and relations. Hence the fact that I am mentioned in the preface of Orlando as ‘an old and valued collaborator in fiction.’”
Quentin Bell held posts as Professor of Fine Art at several prestigious universities in England. In producing V irginia Woolf: A Biography , he possessed the access and family lore that made this biography a more intimate expression than another biographer may have achieved. Here’s a description of this fascinating biography:
The family storyteller
From the 1974 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich edition of Virginia Woolf: A Biography by Quentin Bell: “Virginia Woolf was a Miss Stephen.”
So begins Virginia Woolf : A Biography, the first truly full-scale treatment of the writer’s life to be published. As a nephew of Virginia Woolf, Quentin Bell brings to his book the authority that family intimacy affords, but he does so without bias, evasion, or sentimentality; and as an observer rather than as a participant.
Virginia Woolf was one of four children, born into a gifted family whose ancestors included generations of writers. As a child, Virginia is remembered for her beauty — flame-cheeked and green-eyed — as well as her terrible rages, and her precocious command of language.
She was the family storyteller who could make everyone laugh. It was decided early that her sister Vanessa would be a painter and Virginia a writer. Her first efforts at composition are seen in a letter written at the age of six to her godfather, James Russell Lowell.
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Virginia Woolf holds the reader throughout
The account continues through her adolescence and the first serious breakdown, to her awkward introduction into London society, the Bloomsbury years, and marriage to Leonard Woolf — “the wisest decision of her life.”
The author candidly discusses the question of her sexuality and her mental illness and their effect on her marriage and her other close relationships.
While the ordinary events of her life unfold, the great novels are seen taking shape, accompanied by the anguish of a creative genius that was closely allied to her madness, the terrors of publication and reviews, and periods of enjoyment of her growing fame. The book concludes, simply and movingly, with her suicide in 1941.
Many other well-known writers appear in these pages — among them, Henry James, George Bernard Shaw, Lytton Strachey, John Maynard Keynes, E.M. Forester, Rupert Brooke, Katherine Mansfield , Harold Nicolson — but it is Virginia Woolf who holds the reader throughout, attracting with her intellect and wit, as she did those who were privileged to know her.
See also: Virginia Woolf: The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Her Life and Work
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I read VIRGINIA WOLFE: A BIOGRAPHY by Quentin Bell after I had read several other books about Wolfe. I was pleased to discover that Bell included some of the more unsavory aspects of Woolfe's life even though he was a blood relative and wrote his book in an age that frowned on revealing "dirty" family secrets. I am referring to the presumed ...
Virginia Woolf : a biography by Bell, Quentin. Publication date 1972 Topics Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 -- Biography Publisher London : Hogarth Press ... Woolf, 1912-1941 94 11 24 Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2019-08-28 04:27:28 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA1650124 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) ...
I thought I would have to slog through it. On the contrary, it was a wonderful read, very hard to put down. Bell knows his subject, his aunt Virginia very well. But more important, he knows how to write a biography that informs, describes, explains and plain enchants us with the incredible personality of Virginia Woolf.
A must read for those interested in Virginia Woolf. Very detailed and well written. The book is a history of Virginia Woolf. A lot has been written about Virginia Woolf's life and her works; there is no need to add anything here. The most interesting thing about this biography was the voice of the writer: Quentin Bell who was Virginia's nephew.
As the nephew of Virginia Woolf, Quentin Bell enjoyed an initimacy with his subject granted to few biographers. Originally published in two volumes in 1972, his acclaimed biography describes Virginia Woolf's family and childhood; her earliest writings; the formation of the Bloomsbury Group; her marriage to Leonard Woolf; the mental breakdown of the years 1912-15; the origins and growth of the ...
Virginia Woolf: A Biography, Volumes 1-2. Quentin Bell. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1972 - Biography & Autobiography - 530 pages. Using excerpts from family journals as well as pieces of Virginia's own correspondence and diaries, Bell has created an unparalleled portrait of his aunt and provides a view of Bloomsbury life as only a family member ...
`Virginia Woolf' by Quentin Bell, a nephew of the great writer, his father being the art critic Clive Bell (1881-1964) who married Virginia's sister Vanessa, is an excellent work which ascends to the highest standards in the art of biography. ... Quentin Bell's `Virginia Woolf' is a masterpiece of biography, drawing upon the extensive literary ...
`Virginia Woolf' by Quentin Bell, a nephew of the great writer, his father being the art critic Clive Bell (1881-1964) who married Virginia's sister Vanessa, is an excellent work which ascends to the highest standards in the art of biography. Originally published as two volumes in 1972, Bell takes us through all the major stages of Virginia's ...
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I thought I would have to slog through it. On the contrary, it was a wonderful read, very hard to put down. Bell knows his subject, his aunt Virginia very well. But more important, he knows how to write a biography that informs, describes, explains and plain enchants us with the incredible personality of Virginia Woolf.
Virginia Woolf: A Biography. Paperback - 26 April 1996. by Quentin Bell (Author) 4.7 50 ratings. Part of: Pimlico (26 books) See all formats and editions. The standard life of Virginia Woolf, as fresh and exciting now as it was when it was first published in 1972. 'A work of art, evoking by his frankness and outstanding skill the vivid ...
Virginia Woolf - A Biography. Paperback - January 1, 1972. Written by her own nephew, here is a unique biography of Virginia Woolf. Quentin Bell has written an authoritative, insightful biography of the world-famous writer and an extraordinary woman. "...quite simply the best biography of Virginia Woolf extant." -- New York Times Book Review.
Quentin Bell (1910-1996), the author of Virginia Woolf: A Biography, was the son of Virginia Woolf's sister, Vanessa Bell.He was an artist like his mother, working across several media, and like his father Clive Bell, he was a writer and art critic.. He once recalled: "Virginia Woolf was my aunt and as a child I illustrated and to some extent inspired some rather fanciful biographies of ...
Vol. 1, Virginia Stephen 1882-1912 by Bell, Quentin, 1910-Publication date 1982 Topics Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 -- Biography, Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography, Authors, English, Fiction in English Woolf, Virginia 1882-1941 Publisher London : Triad Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled
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Quentin Bell's `Virginia Woolf' is a masterpiece of biography, drawing upon the extensive literary archives: letters, diaries, essays, polemics, and biographical writings and of course, the novels. It is an excellent introduction for anyone wishing to understand the background and genius of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers ...
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Very good biography wrote by one of Virginias family members. ( ) BenasReads | Jul 11, 2012 |. A stunningly-written biography, by her nephew, of the creative genius whose Bloomsbury group, formed early in the 20th Century, affected our society for the entire century. Inspirational and true to human nature.
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`Virginia Woolf' by Quentin Bell, a nephew of the great writer, his father being the art critic Clive Bell (1881-1964) who married Virginia's sister Vanessa, is an excellent work which ascends to the highest standards in the art of biography. Originally published as two volumes in 1972, Bell takes us through all the major stages of Virginia's ...
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