NAME : NIKULBHAI RUGNATHBHAI RABARI

B.A. SEM-6

ENGLISH CC-607

ROLL NO.-98

SUBJECT : VIRGINIA WOOLF (BIOGRAPHY)

VIRGINIA WOOLF
(1882-1941)
EARLY LIFE:
VIRGINIA WOOLF WAS BORN ON 25 JANUARY
1882, KENSINGTON, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
DIED: 28 MARCH 1941, LEWES, UNITED KINGDOM
FATHER: LESLIE STEPHEN
HE WAS A PROMINENT WRITER AND THE FIRST
EDITOR OF THE DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL
BIOGRAPHY.
MOTHER: JULIA JACKSON
VIRGINIA HAD A THREE OTHER SIBLINGS NAMED
VENESSA,THOBY AND ADRIAN.
 HER HOME BY HER PARENTS IN
THEIR LITERATE AND WELL
CONNECTED HOUSEHOLD AT
KENSINGTON
• WHEN HER MOTHER WAS DIED IN
1895 SHE WAS 13
• AND THEN HER FATHER WAS DIED IN
1904
• THE DEATHS OF HER PARENTS
CAUSES HER TWO LONG PERIODS
OF DEEP DEPRESSION
• AND SHE ATTEMPTED THE FIRST
SUICIDE.
• WHILE RECOVERING FROM THIS MENTAL BREAKDOWN ,
VIRGINIA AND HER FAMILY MOVED TO A HOUSE AT GEORGE
SQUARE , BLOOMSBURY
• THEIR ALL INTELLECTUAL FRIENDS USED TO COME TO THIS
HOUSE EVERY THURSDAY, AND THIS IS HOW THIS HOUSE
BECAME THE ’THURSDAY CLUB’.
• LATER IT GREW AS THE ‘BLOOMSBURY GROUP’ WHICH
INCLUDED WRITERS, ARTISTS, CRITICS AND THINKERS LIKE:
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES, LEONARD WOOLF, ROGER FRY, E. M.
FORSTER, DUNCAN GRANT, CLIVE BELL AND MANY OTHERS
• IN 1906, HER BROTHER, THOBY DIED OF TYPHOID.
• IN 1907, HER SISTER, VENESSA, GOT MARRIED WITH CLIVE.
• VIRGINIA AGAIN FELT ALONE AND ISOLATED
RELATIONSHIP WITH LEONARD
WOOLF:
• LEONARD WOOLF WAS A NOVELIST AND
JOURNALISTS.
• HE WAS THOBY’S FRIEND AND MET VIRGINIA IN THE
NOVEMBER OF 1900.
• HE FOUNDED THE HOGARTH PRESS WITH VIRGINIA.
• THE COUPLE MARRIED ON 10 AUGUST, 1912.
• DESPITE HIS LOW MATERIAL STATUS THE COUPLE
SHARED A CLOSE BOND.
DEATH OF VIRGINIA:

• THE HUGE IMPACT OF WORLD WAR II, DESTRUCTION

HER HOUSE IN LONDON AND OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES
MADE VIRGINIA MORE DEPRESSED.
• HER PERSONAL RELATION WITH LEONARD WAS ALSO
BECOMING WORSE.
• FINALLY ON 28 MARCH, 1941, VIRGINIA WOOLF
DROWNED HERSELF AND HER DEAD BODY WAS FOUND
ON 18 APRIL
 LITERALLY CAREER:
• VIRGINIA WOOLF WAS AN ENGLISH WRITER, REGARDED AS ONE OF THE
FOREMOST MODERNIST LITERARY FIGURES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
• SHE WORKED AS A VOLUNTEER IN THE WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT.
• SOME OF HER WORKS DEAL WITH FEMALE EMANCIPATION.

(A) NOVELS :-
(1) THE VOYAGE OUT
IT WAS HER FIRST NOVEL PUBLISHED IN 1915
(2) NIGHT AND DAY - 1919
(3) JACOB’S ROOM - 1922
(4) MRS. DALLOWAY - 1925
(5) TO THE LIGHTHOUSE - 1927
MRS.DOLLOWAY:
• VIRGINIA’S MOST FAMOUS WORK IS ‘MRS.DALLOWAY’(1925), THIS A
PSYCHOLOGICAL NOVEL WHICH TALKS ABOUT CLARISSA
DALLOWAY.
• THE NOVEL IS SET IN LONDON, IN THE BOND STREET AREA.
• TIME UNIT – ONE DAY
• THIS NOVEL WAS WRITTEN IN STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS
METHOD.
• STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS- STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS WAS
STYLE OF WRITING THAT IS ORGANIZED AROUND THE INTERIOR FLOW OF
THOUGHTS OF THE NARRATOR. .
(B) BIOGRAPHIES:
(1) ORLANDO: A BIOGRAPHY (1928)
(2) FLUSH: A BIOGRAPHY
(3) ROGER FRY: A BIOGRAPHY
(C) NON FICTIONAL WORKS:
(1) A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN (1929)
(2) ON BEING ILL
(3) THE MOMENT AND OTHER ESSAYS
1: A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN:
IT SHOWS WOOLF'S CONCERN WITH THE QUESTIONS OF WOMEN'S SUBJUGATION
AND THE RELATIONSHIP BBETWEEN WOMEN AND WRITING.
THE CENTRAL POINT OF A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN IS THAT EVERY WOMAN NEEDS A
ROOM OF HER OWN—SOMETHING MEN ARE ABLE TO ENJOY WITHOUT QUESTION. A
ROOM OF HER OWN WOULD PROVIDE A WOMAN WITH THE TIME AND THE SPACE TO
ENGAGE IN UNINTERRUPTED WRITING TIME. DURING WOOLF'S TIME, WOMEN
RARELY ENJOYED THESE LUXURIES.
CHARACTERISTICS:
• VIRGINIA WOOLF IS KNOWN AS ONE OF THE CHIEF PROTAGONISTS OF ‘STREAM OF
CONSCIOUSNESS’ NOVEL. SHE WAS DEEPLY INFLUENCED BY JAMES JOYCE AND
FRENCH NOVELIST PROUST.SHE DOES NOT REVEAL THE EXTERNALS OF
CHARACTERS BUT THEIR INNER CONSCIOUSNESS. SHE IS REMARKABLE FOR THE
FEMINIZATION OF THE ENGLISH NOVEL. LIFE, DEATH, CONFUSION AND ORDER
ARE THE DOMINANT THEMES OF HER NOVELS.
ReffReference: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Virginia-Woolf

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