The writer’s diaries reveal a mind striving to capture the elusive moment.
In the summer of 1926, Virginia Woolf sat at her desk at Monk’s House, Sussex, opened her diary, and wrote: “I shall here write the first pages of the greatest book in the world.” She was 44 years old
The Common Reader: Volume 1 by Virginia Woolf - Penguin Books New Zealand
Mrs. Dalloway : The Uniform Edition With The Publisher's Flyer For 'The Uniform Edition' by Virginia Woolf - The First UK printing of the 'Uniform Edition' - 1929 - from Ashton Rare
HER BOOKS –
Virginia Woolf, the Intellectual, and the Public Sphere
Essays, Volume 6: 1933-1941, By Virginia Woolf, The Independent
The Common Reader by Virginia Woolf - 1925 - Virginia Woolf Project
Virginia Woolf's living book - New Statesman
The New Statesman Mark Porter Associates
Virginia Woolf Papers (Smith College) MRBC_MS 1_195_recto and MRBC_MS 1_195_verso (12345)
All Sorts of Lives by Claire Harman - Penguin Books New Zealand
Jacob's Room - Alma Books