Description

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Showcasing books, images, letters, and manuscript materials that narrate the life and work of Virginia Woolf, This Perpetual Fight focuses on Woolf’s relationships with her husband, Leonard Woolf; her parents, siblings, suitors, friends, and lovers; and other important figures in Woolf’s life, such as Clive Bell, John Maynard Keynes, Saxon Sydney-Turner, Duncan Grant, Roger Fry, T. S. Eliot, Dora Carrington, and Leslie and Julia Stephen. Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, and “A Room of One’s Own are featured. Contributions by Deirdre Bair, Rachel Cohen, Ruth Gruber, Mark Hussey, Peter Stansky, Andrew Solomon, and Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop enhance this lively catalogue, which accompanied a 2008 exhibition at the Grolier Club.

About the Author

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Sarah Funke has published widely on a range of topics in twentieth-century literature, with a special focus on Virginia Woolf and her circle.

An avid collector of Virginia Woolf, William Beekman practices law at Debevoise & Plimpton in New York City.