Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell: A Very Close Conspiracy
- ISBN-10
- 1860498515
- ISBN-13
- 9781860498510
- Category
- Bloomsbury group
- Pages
- 338
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Virago Press
- Author
- Jane Dunn
Description
This is the story of a deep and close relationship between two sisters - Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. The influence they exerted over each others lives, their competitiveness, the fierce love they had for each other and also their intense rivalry is explored here with subtlety and compassion. The thoughts, motives and actions of these two remarkably artistic women who jointly created the Bloomsbury Group is revealed with all its intricacies in this moving biography.
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