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Virginia Woolf Candace Miller, Mike McBreen, Pyfrom Taylor, Tony Vitello, Krista Carano Virginia Woolf’s Life Have you any notion how many books are written about women in the course of one year? Have you any notion how many are written by men? Are you aware that you are, perhaps, the most discussed animal in the universe?” --- Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf’s Life 1882–1941, English novelist and essayist A successful innovator in the form of the novel, she is considered a significant force in 20th-century fiction. Biography She was born Virginia Stephen Born in London on January 25, 1882 Father: Sir Leslie Stephen He was a famous scholar At one time he was the editor of the Cornhill Magazine and Dictionary of National Biography Mother:Julia Jackson She passed away when Virginia was only 12 years old Biography Virginia home schooled in her fathers library where she met some of his famous friends including, G.E More and E.M Foster. It is in this setting that it is said that “Virginia fell in love with literature.” In 1912, eight years after her father’s death, Virginia married a brilliant young writer from Cambridge England. They were both interested in literature as well as in the labor movement and economics. In 1917, they founded the Hogarth Press. Their first book, Two Stories was a success, and over the next two years led them to publish other books including Prelude by Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923), Poems by T. S. Eliot (1888–1965); and Kew Gardens by Virginia Woolf. Biography Virginia Woolf suffered mental breakdowns in 1895 and 1915; she drowned herself in 1941 because she feared another breakdown from which she might not recover. Most of her posthumously published works were edited by her husband. Her death by drowning in Lewes, Sussex, England, on March 28, 1941, has often been regarded as “a suicide brought on by the unbearable strains of life during World War II” Literary Works Some of her most famous works are: Mrs. Dal