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Book SynopsisVirginia Woolf (Author) Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was born in London. She became a central figure in The Bloomsbury Group, an informal collective of British writers, artists and thinkers. In 1912 Virginia married Leonard Woolf, a writer and social reformer. She wrote many works of literature which are now considered masterpieces, including
Mrs Dalloway,
To the Lighthouse,
Orlando, and
The Waves.
Margaret Reynolds (Introducer) Margaret Reynolds is a writer, academic, critic and broadcaster. Her critical edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's
Aurora Leigh won the British Academy's Rose Mary Crawshay prize. Other books include
The Penguin Book of Lesbian Short Stories,
The Sappho Companion,
Victorian Women Poets: An Anthology (with Angela Leighton) and a series of study guides on contemporary writers,
Vintage Living Texts. She is Professor of English at Queen Mary, University of London
Trade ReviewOrlando is the wittiest little book, a pleasure: it makes me laugh every time I read it
Undoubtedly Virginia Woolf's most intense and one of the most singular [novels] of our era
