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Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was a central figure of the Bloomsbury Group. Her life was marred by successive nervous breakdowns and she continuously struggled with manic depression. Her work contains some of the most senisitive prose written in the 20th century and her essays about the obstacles placed in the way of women's creativity, in particular A Room of One's Own, have made her a heroine of the feminist movement to this day.
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was a central figure of the Bloomsbury Group. Her life was marred by successive nervous breakdowns and she continuously struggled with manic depression. Her work contains some of the most senisitive prose written in the 20th century and her essays about the obstacles placed in the way of women's creativity, in particular A Room of One's Own, have made her a heroine of the feminist movement to this day.
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was a central figure of the Bloomsbury Group. Her life was marred by successive nervous breakdowns and she continuously struggled with manic depression. Her work contains some of the most senisitive prose written in the 20th century and her essays about the obstacles placed in the way of women's creativity, in particular A Room of One's Own, have made her a heroine of the feminist movement to this day.
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Anthony Curtis has contributed as an editor to the Penguin Classics series and written several books on Somerset Maugham.
Anthony Curtis has contributed as an editor to the Penguin Classics series and written several books on Somerset Maugham.
Anthony Curtis has contributed as an editor to the Penguin Classics series and written several books on Somerset Maugham.