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British writer Virginia Woolf was born.

and Virginia Wolf.
Virginia Woolf (January 25, 1882 – March 28, 1941) was a British female writer, literary critic and literary theorist, a representative of consciousness literature, known as the pioneer of modernism and feminism of the twentieth century.
During the two World Wars, she was a central figure in London's literature and a member of the Bloomsbury Group, whose best-known novels include The Mark on the Wall, Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse and Jacob's Room.
Woolf was born on January 25, 1882 in London, Kensington, 22nd Hyde Park Gate, and was formerly known as Adeline Virginia Stephen. His father, Sir Leslie Stephen, was a famous literary critic, scholar and biographer from Cambridge who was born in the Victorian era. His parents had married once before marriage, and had four children after their parents joined up. Woolf was educated at home. The Taland House in Conway County, where his family stayed as a child, played an important role in Woolf's fantasy and work.
In May 1895, his mother, Julia, died, and Wolf had his first mental collapse. In 1897, Wolf began writing a diary. In February 1904, his father, Leslie, died. In May, Wolf broke down for a second time and attempted to commit suicide. On December 14th, Virginia published her first work on the Guardian, an unsigned book review. Afterwards, she published her first prose, and began to write regular reviews for the Times Literary Supplement, while teaching at an adult night school at Morley College.
Since 1906, the brothers of Virginia have been constantly gathering friends in Cambridge and gradually forming a center of art and academic excellence, namely the renowned Bloomsbury Group, which includes the elite of the cultural community at the time, including the writer Leonard Wolf (husband of Virginia), art critic Cleve Bell (husband of Vanessa), biographer Leithon Stretch, literary critic Desmond McCarthy, economist John Maynard Keynes, painter Duncan Gretland, art critic Roger Frey, writer Forster, etc. In addition, philosophers Russell, poet T. S. Eliot, Joyce, novelist Henry James and creator Olson H. Reynolds and the Lumburg Group have been very different from others. These open hearts of freedom, such as Europe, are the most important
As a member of the Bloomsbury group, he challenged the existing social order and state machinery with a bold move. On February 10, 1910, Virginia Wolff pretended to be the Prince of Mendoza of Abyssinia, her brother Adrian pretended to be her translator, Horace Cole pretended to be the British Foreign Ministry officer, Duncan Grant, and others pretended to be Virginia’s followers, and went to Wemers to visit the British Navy’s “Frozen Battle Ship” and received an enthusiastic reception. The whole deceit was designed in a seamless way and completely pretended to be the commander of the fleet, William Maymon. This big joke was later revealed in the newspapers with her brother Duncan Grant, whose defence force had its expression and bureaucrat
In 1907, Wolf moved to Fitzroy Square 29 and began writing his first novel, “Melymbrosia”. In 1909, he had a brief engagement with Lytton Strachey. He began his campaign for women’s voting rights. On 10 August 1912 he married writer, philanthropist, and social-political critic Leonard Wolf. In 1913, his first novel, “Lytton Strachey”, was completed. In April, “Lytton Strachey” was accepted by the publication, but the publication was delayed due to Wolff’s illness and the outbreak of the First World War. In July 1913, Wolff suffered a major psychiatric attack that lasted nine months.
In the spring of 1914 she began to recover gradually, and in November she was in good health. In 1915 Wolf’s worst psychiatric attack lasted for nine months. Of which six weeks she tried to start writing the first diaries after her marriage. During her illness, her husband took a little attention to her, and she was very excited to say, ‘If it wasn’t for him, I would have shot myself early.’ In March, her ‘The Voyage Out’ was published. In 1917, Wolf and her husband bought a second-hand printer, and in the basement of their home, Hogarth Publishing Company was established (the publishing company later published authors including Elliot, Catherine Mansfield, Frederick, and all of Wolf’s works).
In March 1921, Hogarth published a collection of short novels entitled “Monday or Tuesday” — revenue from “The Spots on the Walls” and “The Books of Churchill” (later published by Hogarth). In October 1922, he published the experimental novel “The Room of Jacob”. In May 1925, he published the novel “Madame Dalloway.” In May 1927, he published the novel “Go to the Lighthouse.” In April 1928, “Go to the Lighthouse” won the French Prize Femina (1927-28). In October 1931, he published “The Waves.”
In October 1932, the second series of "Ordinary Reader" was published, in October 1933, "Love Dogs" was published, refusing an honorary degree from the University of Manchester. In January 1935, friends performed Virginia's script "Sweet Water" in her sister Venice's painting room. In March 1937, the novel "Years" was completed and published. In June 1938, the long prose "Three Guinness Coins" was published. The University of Liverpool's honorary degree was refused. In July 1940, "Roger Fry: A Bibliography" was published. In 1940, Virginia's family was bombed by German aircraft in London.
On March 28, 1941, in anticipation of another mental collapse that was about to begin, Wolf feared that she would never be better again, after leaving two separate text messages to her husband and sister Winnie, and on March 28, 1941, she filled her pocket with stones, putting the River Ouse near her home in Rodmell, at the age of 59.
After Virginia’s death, Leonard continued to publish her legacy.In 1941, the legacy was published.
Keywords: January 25, 1882, Virginia, Wolf, Consciousness, Writer


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