Virginia Woolf And Vanessa Bell by Jane Dunn - ISBN: 9781860498510
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Sisters, rivals, artists: a Bloomsbury love story, fiercely intertwined.

Virginia Woolf And Vanessa Bell

A Very Close Conspiracy

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    512 pages

  • Release Date

    29 March 2001

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Summary

This is the story of a deep and close relationship between two sisters - Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. The influence they exerted over each other’s 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 are revealed with all its intricacies in this moving biography.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781860498510
ISBN-10:1860498515
Author:Jane Dunn
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Virago Press Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:512
Release Date:29 March 2001
Weight:304g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 30mm
Series:Tom Thorne Novels
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Critics Review

Jane Dunn’s astute account of their relationship is a revealing pleasure.

An outstanding work, and reading it is a source of real pleasure … one of the best books on Virginia Woolf to date - LITERARY REVIEW

Her unlayering of this complex relationship is subtle and far-reaching …The wealth of the material makes possible some of the brilliant equations to be found in this book - SUNDAY TIMES

Dunn plunges deep beneath the surface to the complicated emotions and personalities of these two women, illuminating them with great clarity and understanding. - OBSERVER

Jane Dunn’s astute account of their relationship is a revealing pleasure. - INDEPENDENT

About The Author

Jane Dunn

Jane Dunn is the author of MOON IN ECLIPSE: A LIFE OF MARY SHELLEY and ANTONIA WHITE: A LIFE. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

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