Virginia Woolf in Mrs. Dalloway

The Life of Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf born in London in 1882 by Julia Princep and Leslie Stephen as Adeline Virginia Stephen , lived as lettrist , an essayist , a short story writer , a novelist and even as a publisher

Both of her parents had each been previously married and widowed , and so consequently , she lived in a household with siblings as products of three marriages . Her mother was initially married to Herbert Duckworth and had three children with him : George , Stella and Gerald . While her father was previously married to Minny Thackeray , and

had a daughter with her : Laura . Julia and Leslie had four more children together Vanessa , Thoby Virginia and Adrian

As Leslie Stephen was a critic , editor and biographer , the children in the household were much exposed to Victorian literature . In fact Leslie 's friends and connections included William Thackeray (his father-in-law from his first marriage , Julia Margaret Cameron , Henry James , James Russell Lowell , and George Henry Lewes , who were great influences on Virginia 's early exposure to literature . This was even more complemented by the immense library at their house on 22 Hyde Park Gate in Kensington , where she was educated

Yes , unlike her brothers who went to the university , she received her education at home , together with her sister Vanessa . She was not at all happy with this arrangement . In a letter to Vita Sackville-West , she said : Think how I was brought up ! No school mooning about alone among my father 's books never any chance to...