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A Writer's Diary by Virginia Woolf

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Book name: A Writer's Diary (2024)
Category: Art
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Language: English
Publication data: Jan. 1, 1953, midnight
This book is a collection of entries extracted from the personal diaries of a prominent 20th-century British novelist, providing readers with a unique glimpse into her artistic process, literary ambitions, and the daily preoccupations that influenced her work. Spanning over two decades, the diary entries offer an intimate portrait of her struggles with mental health, her opinions on contemporary literature, and her insights into the craft of writing. The book serves as a valuable resource for understanding the mind of a literary genius and the internal and external factors that shaped some of the most innovative fiction of the modernist era. The 1053rd greatest book of all time

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Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf

12 books

(Adeline) Virginia Woolf was an English novelist and essayist regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century.

During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs. Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927), and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay A Room of One's Own (1929) with its famous dictum, "a woman must have money and a room of her … Read more