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She left behind a treasure trove of essays, biographies, diaries, and letters.
Learn 5 interesting facts about renowned English author Virginia Woolf.
Front Row: Adrian, Julia, Leslie Stephen.
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The couple added four more children to the blended household after they were married.
Thus, Virginia grew up with four half-siblings, along with her three other siblings from her parents marriage.
Stephen was also a frequent model for her aunt,Julia Margaret Cameron, who was a celebrated photographer.
Virginia’s Family, 1892 (Back Row: Gerald Duckworth, Virginia, Thoby and Vanessa Stephen, George Duckworth. Front Row: Adrian, Julia, Leslie Stephen. (absent: Stella Duckworth, Laura Stephen) (Photo: Unknown, thought to be Stella Duckworth, Public domain, viaWikimedia Commons)
Left: The Princess Sabra Led to the Dragon, 1866, with Julia Stephen as the model.
Encouraged by their bold artworks, Vanessa pursuedmodernismin her own work and, eventually, even turned toabstraction.
Vanessa even designed book jackets for all of Virginias self-published novels.
Virginia’s mother, Julia Stephen, taken between 1865-1866. (Photo: Rijksmuseum,CC0, viaWikimedia Commons
However, they werent married until several years later in August of 1912.
That is how theHogarth Presswas bornnamed fondly after one of the couples previous residences, called Hogarth House.
Many of Virginias novels were self-published through this, her very own company.
Left: The Princess Sabra Led to the Dragon, 1866, with Julia Stephen as the model. (Edward Burne-Jones, Public domain, viaWikimedia Commons); Right: The Annunciation, 1879, with Julia Stephen as model. (Edward Burne-Jones, Public domain, viaWikimedia Commons)
The press eventually began to publish works by other writers as well, including works by the famed poetT.S.
She admired Vita from their first meeting, writing in herdiarythe following day of the lovely gifted aristocratic Sackville-West.
Virginias new acquaintance was also a writer, at that time much more commercially successful than Woolf herself.
Virginia Woolf, née Stephen, painted by Vanessa Bell, 1912
Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West, taken circa 1933.
Woolf and Sackville-West actually corresponded throughout their affair in a series of expressive loveletters.
Now, there is aTwitter botthat posts feeling excerpts from their literary missives every hour.
Engagement photograph, Virginia and Leonard Woolf, 23 July 1912, a month before their wedding. (Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, viaWikimedia Commons)
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Vita Sackville-West, taken circa 1915. (Unknown author, Public domain, viaWikimedia Commons)
Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West, taken circa 1933. (Photo: Unknown author, Public Domain, viaHarvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University)
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