Modren novel . virginia woolf

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Transcript of Modren novel . virginia woolf

• The period of Virginia Woolf's early life was one of profound social and cultural change.

Post-World War I British society was very conservative and hierarchical (that means that social class was super important)

Birth and Childhood

Virginia Woolf was a famous English writer.

She was born on 25th January 1882.

Her parents were social and artistic and this environment motivated Virginia Woolf appreciate the art of writing.

Virginia did not have a very happy childhood.

• her half-brother sexually abused her . • mental breakdown . • Her first breakdown in 13 was in 1895, when her

mother had died . • In 1897, her step-sister Stella's death , Virginia

had her second breakdown . • The death of her father on 1904 - she was 22 . • Her brother Toby died in 1906 .

Mother: Julia Prinsep Stephen

Father : Sir Leslie Stephen

• She wrote MRS DALLOWAY when she was 43 .

• In this novel she deals with World War .

• his novel helps the readers to understand the drastic changes that had happened in the Western Society .

• Her work was highly affected by the devastation left by the World War .

• Characterized by opposing : her need for freedom and independence and her class consciousness.

• Her life appears to be an effort towards order and peace, an attempt to overcome her weakness .

Clarissa Dalloway

• A character specifically connected with the war.

• Suffers from headaches and insomnia.

• Finally commits suicide.

Septimus Warren Smith

DEATH

• Virginia Woolf died on March 28, 1941 near Rodmell, Sussex, England. She left a note for her husband, Leonard, and for her sister, Vanessa. Then, Virginia walked to the River Ouse, put a large stone in her pocket, and drowned herself. Children found her body 18 days later

Death