Who is Virginia Woolf?
Virginia Woolf is one of the most prominent figures of modernism in literature. Her works have now been regarded as feminist classics. She is known for her highly experimental writing; she frequently made use of stream-of-consciousness to elaborate on her characters’ emotional and psychological motives, and eschewed traditional elements of the plot. Admirers also credit her lyricism – a strength that they say has been overshadowed by her many peculiarities as an authoress. Her books include Mrs. Dalloway, A Room of One’s Own, and To the Lighthouse. Virginia Woolf was born Adeline Virginia Stephen on 25 January 1882 to Sir Leslie Stephen and Julia Prinsep Jackson Duckworth. She had two brothers – Thoby and Adrian, and a sister, Vanessa. She also had four half-siblings from both her parents’ previous marriages: two girls and two boys. Her father was a well-respected literary critic and editor, and was also the widower of Sir William Thackeray’s daughter. Virginia Woolf’s mother, on the o
