Virginia Woolf was a passionate woman, with great vitality and a keen sense of humor. Thanks to the articles she began writing at a very early age, it is possible to appreciate how her essayist side evolved. This selection of essays allows us to discover, in addition to her talent and love for life, her reflections on the limitations associated with gender and the importance of a life dedicated to writing. An essential book to enjoy this timeless author. This selection includes: Hyde Park Gate News/Hours Among Shelves/How Should One Read a Book?/Wandering the Streets: An Adventure in London/Life and the Novelist/Cinema/Mediocrity/Am I a Snob?/Women and Fiction/Professions for Women
Virginia Woolf (1882 - 1941) was one of the central figures of 20th-century literary modernism. Daughter of the critic and historian Leslie Stephen, she grew up in a deeply intellectual environment that shaped her education from a very young age. She soon became one of the most influential voices of the so-called Bloomsbury Group, a decisive circle in British cultural renewal, where she developed her interest in feminism, aesthetic experimentation, and new ways of narrating inner experience.
During the 1920s, she founded the publishing house Hogarth Press together with Leonard Woolf, through which she promoted both her own work and that of key authors of her time. Novels such as Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse transformed contemporary narrative through their exploration of consciousness and subjective time. In 1941, after several depressive episodes worsened by the context of World War II in the United Kingdom, she took her own life. Her work remains an essential reference in modern literature.
