A Passionate Apprentice: The Early Journals, 1897-1909

Virginia Woolf

Hogarth Press, 1990 - Literary Collections - 444 pages

In zeven dagboeken (1897-1909) beschrijft de auteur haar leven en de wijze waarop ze zich aan het bekwamen is in het schrijversvak.

Contents

• Editors Preface: vii
• Introduction: xv
• Description of: 405

About the author

Virginia Woolf was born in London, England on January 25, 1882. She was the daughter of the prominent literary critic Leslie Stephen. Her early education was obtained at home through her parents and governesses. After death of her father in 1904, her family moved to Bloomsbury, where they formed the nucleus of the Bloomsbury Group, a circle of philosophers, writers, and artists. During her lifetime, she wrote both fiction and non-fiction works. Her novels included Jacob's Room, Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, and Between the Acts. Her non-fiction books included The Common Reader, A Room of One's Own, Three Guineas, The Captain's Death Bed and Other Essays, and The Death of the Moth and Other Essays. Having had periods of depression throughout her life and fearing a final mental breakdown from which she might not recover, Woolf drowned herself on March 28, 1941 at the age of 59. Her husband published part of her farewell letter to deny that she had taken her life because she could not face the terrible times of war.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Passionate Apprentice: The Early Journals, 1897-1909
• Author: Virginia Woolf
• Editor: Mitchell Alexander Leaska
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Hogarth Press, 1990
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Mar 18, 2008
• ISBN: 0701208457, 9780701208455
• Length: 444 pages
• Subjects: Literary Collections / General