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... Virginia Woolf's imagination . Harold , I think , pos- sessed greater talent than his equally industrious and ambitious wife . Lord Carnock , for example , which he regarded as his best - written book , is both a well - planned study of ...
... Virginia Woolf's imagination . Harold , I think , pos- sessed greater talent than his equally industrious and ambitious wife . Lord Carnock , for example , which he regarded as his best - written book , is both a well - planned study of ...
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... Virginia Woolf left him wholly un- perturbed ; he and Leonard Woolf observed the affair from the point of view of cautious guardians , determined that her unac- customed feelings must not disturb Virginia's mental balance . Like any ...
... Virginia Woolf left him wholly un- perturbed ; he and Leonard Woolf observed the affair from the point of view of cautious guardians , determined that her unac- customed feelings must not disturb Virginia's mental balance . Like any ...
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... Virginia Woolf's diary , quoted in Virginia Woolf , Quentin Bell , 1972 . 3 THE DISINTERESTED GIFT 1. Roger Fry : A Biography , Virginia Woolf , appeared in 1940. An able successor , Roger Fry : Art and Life , Frances Spalding , came ...
... Virginia Woolf's diary , quoted in Virginia Woolf , Quentin Bell , 1972 . 3 THE DISINTERESTED GIFT 1. Roger Fry : A Biography , Virginia Woolf , appeared in 1940. An able successor , Roger Fry : Art and Life , Frances Spalding , came ...
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