ONE: VIRGINIA WOOLF

• real name: adeline virginia woolf
• when she was a kid, henry james, george henry lewes, and james russell lowell used to CHILL AT HER HOUSE.
• her mom died when she was thirteen and when her dad died less than 10 years later it lead to a pretty severe mental breakdown for which she was institutionalized
• she was also sexually abused by 2 of her half brothers
• she's kind of known for dealing with mental issues - depression, mood swings, etc.
• her sister married some dude and they both loved avant-garde art which influenced woolf's writing
  • also woolf used to flirt with this dude and it pissed her sister off
• she married a writer named leonard woolf
  • she called him a penniless jew, but she really did love him
  • they started Hogarth Press together
    • published her books
    • and some works by ts eliot, laurens van der post, etc.
    • also commissioned works by artists (including her sister)
• in her works, she experimented with stream-of-consciousness, underlying psychological, + emotional motives of characters
• she put rocks in her coat and drowned herself after an intense bout of depression
  • that shit's really sad
  • so is her suicide note
    • she seems so confused + doesn't want to burden her husband
• she explored some really interesting themes in relation to female writers + the position of females
  • “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.”
• she also had some bisexual/lesbian tendencies
  • including torrid affairs with females
• nicole kidman played her in a movie and won an oscar for it, so you know, cheers all around.