Tag: British History

Virginia Woolf’s personal life was just as interesting as her books and novels. She led a unique and somewhat unconventional life, as did her circle of friends, which makes for… Read more »

Hogarth Press was a printing press founded by Virginia and Leonard Woolf in 1917. The Woolfs originally started the press, which they named after their home Hogarth House in the… Read more »

Virginia Woolf began openly flirting with her brother-in-law Clive Bell, shortly after the birth of his first child, Julian, in 1908, causing a deep rift in Virginia’s relationship with her… Read more »

After the Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, Virginia Woolf developed a fascination with the disaster and even toyed with the idea of writing about it. According to How to… Read more »

Virginia Woolf and Lytton Strachey were writers, lifelong friends and members of the Bloomsbury Group. The two met sometime around 1904 when Virginia and her siblings moved into a new… Read more »

Virginia Woolf was not only a prolific writer but she was a also a witness to many historic events in the early 20th century, including World War II and the… Read more »

Virginia Woolf came from a large and artistic family. Woolf was born under her maiden name Virginia Stephen in London in 1882. Virginia’s parents were Sir Leslie Stephen and Julia… Read more »

When Virginia Woolf finally confessed her lesbian affair with Vita Sackville-West to her sister, Vanessa Bell, in April of 1929, Vanessa’s response was more curious than surprised. Virginia described the… Read more »

The Dreadnought Hoax was a practical joke that Virginia Woolf and her friends played on the British Navy in 1910 when they disguised themselves as Abyssinian princes and convinced the… Read more »

Although Virginia Woolf was a well-known Englishwoman, her family had a surprising connection to French aristocracy. Woolf had French roots on her mother’s side of the family and was a… Read more »