Virginia Woolf: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Adeline Virginia Stephen
Born	January 25, 1882 • London • England
Died	March 28, 1941 (aged 59) • England
Notable Works	“A Room of One’s Own” • “Between the Acts” • “Flush” • “Freshwater” • “Jacob’s Room” • “Kew Gardens” • “Modern Fiction” • “Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown” • “Mrs. Dalloway” • “Orlando” • “Roger Fry” • “The Art of Fiction” • “The Common Reader” • “The Common Reader: Second Series” • “The New Biography” • “The Pargiters: A Novel-Essay” • “The Voyage Out” • “The Waves” • “The Years” • “Three Guineas” • “To the Lighthouse”
Movement / Style	Modernism
Notable Family Members	spouse Leonard Woolf • father Sir Leslie Stephen • sister Vanessa Bell
Subjects Of Study	literature