Virginia+Woolf

**Virginia Woolf**

Virginia Woolf was born on January 25, 1882. Her father was an author and an editor of the Dictionary of National Biography. She was sexually abused by her grown up half brother at the age of six. When she was thriteen, her mother died, and Woolf became very close to her sister, Vanessa. At the age of twenty, she met Violet Dickinson, who she befriended. Her relationship with Violet is the subject of much speculation as to whether the two were sexually involved. Violet became a firm believer in Virginia's literary talent and introduced her to Margaret Littleton, who commisioned her to write an article on Charlotte Bornte. After the death of her father, Virginia moved to Bloomsburry, where she joined a group that discussed literary and artistic issues. This group came to be known as the Bloomsbury Group. Virginia also had reviews written about books in the //Times Literary Supplement.// After the marriage between Clive Bell and Virginia's sister Vanessa, Clive became very close to Virginia. The two began to flirt with each other and Vanessa had not known because she was busy taking care of her baby.

Virginia was interested in the campaign for women's suffrage. She was briefly part of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, but then later became a member of the Adult Suffrage Society. Virginia decided to marry Leonard Woolf on August 10, 1912. Virginia experienced one of her many mental breakdowns after her marriage with Leonard. Their marriage was an affectionate one not a sexual one. Later in their marriage Virginia was experiencing a pre-mental breakdown at the beginning of World War II. She decided not to go through another mental breakdown so she drowned herself on March 28, 1941. She wrote a letter to her husband of how she felt before committing suicide.



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