The author's account of the events of World War I and also a description of the origin of the Bloomsbury Group, the founding of the Hogarth Press, and the author's marriage to Virginia Stephen. To write this masterly account is a severe test of courage and honesty...it raises the book to greatness (The Nation). Index; photographs.
Leonard Woolf's recollections of his life with Virginia Woolf during the years when she wrote her major novels; also an account of the growth of the Hogarth Press, as well as portraits of Sigmund Freud, T. S. Eliot, and others. There is a lucid probity in Leonard Woolf's writing (Leon Edel, Saturday Review). Index; photographs.
Woolf's account of his seven years as a civil servant in Ceylon. He has a seemingly effortless way with words which is beautiful and spellbinding (J. M. Edelstein, New Republic). Index; photographs.
The author's account of World War II, his wife's death, and his political and literary activities. A splendid ending to one of the most remarkable literary achievements of our time (New York Times Book Review). Index; photographs.
