Wise Virgins

Name: Wise Virgins
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ISBN: 9780300126532

ISBN-10: 0300126530

ISBN-13: 9780300126532

Edition: N/A

Authors: Leonard Woolf, Victoria Glendinning

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"The Wise Virgins" (1914), Leonard Woolf's second novel, was published two years after the author's marriage to Virginia Stephen--and begun during their honeymoon. The autobiographical elements of the book are well documented. Its publication caused acute distress to Woolf's family. Leonard's sister, Bella, urged him to bury the novel, while his mother was shocked and mortified by unflattering portraits of herself and her neighbors. Two weeks after reading the novel, Virginia Woolf suffered the worst of her many breakdowns. As a" "roman a clef the novel holds considerable interest for its picture of Leonard and Virginia's courtship, as well as its sketches of Vanessa Stephen and Clive…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 9/26/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English