Vita: The Life of V. Sackville-WestSackville-West was an English author, poet and gardener. She was known for her exuberant aristocratic life, her affair with the novelist Virginia Woolf, and Sissinghurst Castle Garden, which she and her husband, Sir Harold Nicolson, created at their estate. |
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... wrote hopefully in her diary . ' I love her so much , ' wrote Vita in hers , the night Rosamund arrived . The sentimental Rosamund took Muriel's place in the siestas under the olive trees . But when , after three weeks , Rosamund left , ...
... wrote hopefully in her diary . ' I love her so much , ' wrote Vita in hers , the night Rosamund arrived . The sentimental Rosamund took Muriel's place in the siestas under the olive trees . But when , after three weeks , Rosamund left , ...
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... wrote Vita later , ' but Harold was most pleased . His slightly medical attitude was the only thing that annoyed me . ... He wrote a letter to my mother about it which I tore up in a fury , which he couldn't understand at all . " She wrote ...
... wrote Vita later , ' but Harold was most pleased . His slightly medical attitude was the only thing that annoyed me . ... He wrote a letter to my mother about it which I tore up in a fury , which he couldn't understand at all . " She wrote ...
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... writing . And she wrote to Vita , her ' Darling Honey ' , ' I lie in bed making up stories about you . ' ' I have come over those familiar mountains , and crossed that familiar plain , ' Vita wrote to her on arrival in Teheran , ' and ...
... writing . And she wrote to Vita , her ' Darling Honey ' , ' I lie in bed making up stories about you . ' ' I have come over those familiar mountains , and crossed that familiar plain , ' Vita wrote to her on arrival in Teheran , ' and ...
Contents
Knole 18921913 | 7 |
Change and Challenge 191321 | 65 |
Explorations 192130 | 115 |
Copyright | |
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