A Writer's Diary
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A Writer's Diary

by Virginia Woolf

1953•Biography•372 pages

Taste attributes: biographydocumentaryslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricatelinearenclosedemotive & stirringempowerment/personal growthtroubled leads

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Boxlist takeA grounded, fresh biography: heavy and slow-burning. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

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About This Book

An invaluable guide to the art and mind of Virginia Woolf, drawn by her husband from the personal record she kept over a period of twenty-seven years. Included are entries that refer to her own writing, others that are clearly writing exercises accounts of people and scenes relevant to the raw material of her work and comments on books she was reading. Edited and with a Preface by Leonard Woolf Indices. --

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SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

BiographyDocumentaryEmpowerment/personal growthTroubled leads

Subjects

English NovelistsDiariesEnglish AuthorsBiographyEnglish Women novelistsWoolf, virginia, 1882-1941LGBTQ diariesAuthorship

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Author
Virginia Woolf
Published
1953
Pages
372
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