{"product_id":"love-letters-vita-and-virginia-paperback","title":"Love Letters: Vita and Virginia - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVita Sackville-West\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVirginia Woolf\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eDelve into a legendary literary love affair\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I am reduced to a thing that wants Virginia. I composed a beautiful letter to you in the sleepless nightmare hours of the night, and it has all gone. I just miss you...'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt a dinner party in 1922, Virginia Woolf met the renowned author, aristocrat - and sapphist - Vita Sackville-West. Virginia wrote in her diary that she didn't think much of Vita's conversation, but she did think very highly of her legs. It was to be the start of almost twenty years of flirtation, friendship, and literary collaboration. Their correspondence ended only with Virginia's death in 1941. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntimate and playful, these selected letters and diary entries allow us to hear these women's constantly changing feelings for each other in their own words. Eavesdrop on the affair that inspired Virginia to write her most fantastical novel, \u003ci\u003eOrlando\u003c\/i\u003e, and discover a relationship that - even a hundred years later - feels radical and relatable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWITH A NEW INTRODUCTION FROM ALISON BECHDEL, AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eFUN HOME\u003c\/i\u003e AND CREATOR OF THE BECHDEL TEST.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVita Sackville-West\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1892 at Knole in Kent, the only child of aristocratic parents. In 1913 she married diplomat Harold Nicolson, with whom she had two sons and traveled extensively before settling at Kent's Sissinghurst Castle in 1930, where she devoted much of her time to creating its now world-famous garden. Throughout her life Sackville-West had a number of other relationships with both men and women, and her unconventional marriage would later become the subject of a biography written by her son Nigel Nicolson. Though she produced a substantial body of work, amongst which are writings on travel and gardening, Sackville-West is best known for her novels \u003ci\u003eThe Edwardians \u003c\/i\u003e(1930) and \u003ci\u003eAll Passion Spent \u003c\/i\u003e(1931), and for the pastoral poem \u003ci\u003eThe Land \u003c\/i\u003e(1926), which was awarded the prestigious Hawthornden Prize. Sackville-West died on June 2, 1962 at her Sissinghurst home, aged seventy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVirginia Woolf \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in London in 1882. After her father's death in 1904 Virginia and her sister, the painter Vanessa Bell, moved to Bloomsbury and became the center of The Bloomsbury Group. This informal collective of artists and writers exerted a powerful influence over early 20th-century British culture. In 1912 Virginia married Leonard Woolf, a writer and social reformer. Three years later, her first novel \u003ci\u003eThe Voyage Out\u003c\/i\u003e was published, followed by \u003ci\u003eNight and Day\u003c\/i\u003e (1919) and \u003ci\u003eJacob's Room\u003c\/i\u003e (1922). Between 1925 and 1931 Virginia Woolf produced what are now regarded as her finest masterpieces, from \u003ci\u003eMrs Dalloway \u003c\/i\u003e(1925) to \u003ci\u003eThe Waves\u003c\/i\u003e (1931). She also maintained an astonishing output of literary criticism, short fiction, journalism, and biography. On March, 1941, a few months before the publication of her final novel, \u003ci\u003eBetween the Acts\u003c\/i\u003e, Virginia Woolf committed suicide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763432259872,"sku":"9781784876722","price":26.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9665ad2f03fe95c17dca7fa835decdb1.webp?v=1780235503","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/love-letters-vita-and-virginia-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}