“Can the soul which is cramped into surroundings
which have no amenities, and which is dependent
on a body fed on unappetising food, reach its
fullest development?”
Adeline Virginia Woolf (pronounced/`wulf/)
25 January 1882 - 28 March 1941
English author, writer of short stories, essayist and publisher.
Virginia is regarded as one of the world`s foremost modernist literary figures.
A member of Bloomsbury group, Virginia`s famous works include the novels Mrs.Dallowaya, To the Lighthouse and Orlando.Virginia became a beacon of the feminist world with her long essay, which was presented in Cambridge : A Room of One`s Own.Considered as the Bible of women`s rights A Room of One`s Own is famous for its dictum:
"A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."
Virginia suffered from severe depression and she committed suicide, a tragic but perhaps natural end for an unnatural life.Before scripting the last lines of her own life, Virginia left the following note for her husband:
"Dearest, I feel certain that I am going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices, and I can't concentrate. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do. You have given me the greatest possible happiness. You have been in every way all that anyone could be. I don't think two people could have been happier 'til this terrible disease came. I can't fight any longer. I know that I am spoiling your life, that without me you could work. And you will I know. You see I can't even write this properly. I can't read. What I want to say is I owe all the happiness of my life to you. You have been entirely patient with me and incredibly good. I want to say that – everybody knows it. If anybody could have saved me it would have been you. Everything has gone from me but the certainty of your goodness. I can't go on spoiling your life any longer. I don't think two people could have been happier than we have been."
Prepared by AFRC Art for Education wing.
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