Virginia Woolf: an Illustrated Anthology

by Jane Dunn (Editor)

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), the central figure among the authors & painters known as the Bloomsbury Group, is numbered among the most original writers of the 20th century. Her work as both critic & novelist was exceptional & important. This elegant anthology was compiled by Jane Dunn, author of A Very Close Conspiracy (on the relationship of Woolf & her sister, the artist Vanessa Bell). It contains extracts from Woolfs novels & other works, her letters & diaries, as well as descriptive accounts & criticism by those associated with her. These are illustrated throughout, mostly in color, by a superb array of paintings & photographs.

64 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1994

About the author

Jane Dunn is a leading biographer, the author of Moon in Eclipse: A Life of Mary Shelley, A Very Close Conspiracy: Vanessa Bell and Virginia Wolf, and Antonia White: A Life. Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens was published in the spring of 2003 and spent seven weeks in the top ten of the Sunday Times bestseller list. A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Dunn lives near Bath with her husband, the linguist and writer Nicholas Ostler. Her most recent book is Read My Heart.