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Beginning Again: An Autobiography of The Years 1911 to 1918 (Autobiography of Leonard Woolf #3)
The author's account of the events of World War I and also a description of the origin of the Bloomsbury Group, the founding of the Hogarth Press, and the author's marriage to Virginia Stephen. "To write this masterly account is a severe test of courage and honesty...it raises the book to greatness" (The Nation). Index; photographs.
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So far the strongest of these autobiography volumes. We get the marriage to Virginia, the destruction of the Great War, Leonard's politics (and his rise in said circles), TS Eliot's poetry published by the Woolfs, and the birth of the Hogarth Press. Woolf is critical of himself and others; his eye does not mitigate his opinions then or 'now'. His mind also allows us to continue to take big asides with him, which can be fun and curious (especially when he brings us 20 years away from where his st
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I wondered if Woolf was staring to get a little scattered in his old again here as he kept saying that he wanted to tell his story chronologically and then jumping all over the place and repeating himself. Reading this and Penelope Fitzgerald at the same time really emphasizes how small the English upper classes are and how they all know each other. Loved hearing about Virginia from his point of view even if much of what he relates is sad and disturbing. It's hard to think she could have been qu
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At the heart of this volume of Leonard Woolf's autobiography are his discussions of his wife, Virginia Woolf. The author recounts his falling in love with Virginia, their marriage, and, most significantly, accounts of their life together during Virginia's recurring bouts with mental illness. Mr. Woolf's deep and profound understanding of his wife's condition and his recollections of its impact on their life is both an important contribution to an understanding of Virginia's life and work, and an
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Probably my favorite volume in the series. This book is basically more fascinating reports of the early entity that was Virginia and Leonard's marriage ... her fragile mental health that led to a complete breakdown in 1913, and the after affects that reverberated for her (and for Leonard) for more than another year or so. Also detailed: accounts of their daily working life (their writing); their reading; their buying of houses (Asham & Monk's House, the country houses, briefly Clifford's Inn
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I found this in a used book store and bought it, and even though it's the third volume of five I found it easy to read without the others. Very interesting.
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Leonard Sidney Woolf was a noted British political theorist, author, publisher (
The Hogarth Press
), and civil servant, but perhaps best-known as husband to author
Virginia Woolf
.
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