Virginia Woolf
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| + | '''Virginia Woolf''' (née '''Stephen''') ([[January 25]], [[1882]] – [[March 28]], [[1941]]) was an [[England|English]] novelist and essayist regarded as one of the foremost [[modernist literature|modernist]] [[literature|literary]] figures of the twentieth century. | ||
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| + | During the [[interwar period]], Woolf was a significant figure in [[London]] literary society and a member of the [[Bloomsbury group|Bloomsbury Group]]. Her most famous works include the novels ''[[Mrs Dalloway]]'' (1925), ''[[To the Lighthouse]]'' (1927), and ''[[Orlando: A Biography|Orlando]]'' (1928), and the book-length essay ''[[A Room of One's Own]]'' (1929) with its famous dictum, "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction". | ||
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Virginia Woolf (née Stephen) (January 25, 1882 – March 28, 1941) was an English novelist and essayist regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century.
During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927), and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay A Room of One's Own (1929) with its famous dictum, "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction".
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