Biography virginia wolf

Virginia Woolf was a British modernist writer, best known for her novels Mrs.

Biography virginia woolf

Dalloway (1925) and To the Lighthouse (1927). These novels employed a new stream of consciousness style of writing which gave a freshness and interest to her writings. She was a prominent figure in inter-war literary circles and a member of the Bloomsbury Group.

Early life

She was born in London, in 1882.

Her father, Sir Leslie Stephen, was a notable historian, author and editor of the Dictionary of National Biography.

Biography virginia wolf

Her mother Julia Stephen was also well connected in cultural circles and acted as a model for the Pre-Raphaelite artists and photographers.

Virginia was educated at her Kensington home by her parents with her step-brothers and stepsisters.

She was quite a delicate child – ill-suited to the rough and tumble of ordinary schools. She grew up in a literary environment, she devoured many books from her father’s library. In particular, she g