#Adeline Virginia Stephen

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Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) reading in 1939, typical of the time with a cigarette holder.

Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English writer. She is considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors. She pioneered the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device.

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Ladies today do something just for you or your education.

A Room Of One’s Own Day is a momentous occasion that falls on January 25 each year, and we’re going to help you celebrate. Do you know that the book by Virginia Woolf which was the inspiration behind this holiday is more than 93 years old? A Room Of One��s Own Day celebrates the privacy of having one’s own room and is also symbolic of independence. It also reminds us that it is the privileged who have their own rooms and that we can appreciate and look after what we have. It also reminds us of the ongoing struggle for females to receive an education.

HISTORY OF A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN DAY

Adeline Virginia Woolf, one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, was born on March 25, 1882. She was the seventh of eight children born to Julia Prinsep Jackson and Leslie Stephen. Her father is said to have been the one who inspired Woolf to take up writing as a profession.

Woolf began writing in 1900. In 1912, she married Leonard Woolf, and the couple set up the Hogarth Press, which would in the future be the publishing house that released most of Woolf’s works. Her written works are said to be the inspiration behind modern-day feminist movements, and it continues to inspire young women to be independent. Though Woolf has written several masterpieces, her most famous essay is “A Room Of One’s Own” which came out in 1929. It dealt mainly with the lack of freedom of expression of women in those times. It advocated access to education for women. This novel played a key role in inspiring the feminist movements of the 1970s.

Though the exact origins of A Room Of One’s Own Day are not known, this day has been celebrated annually by millions as a day to celebrate independence and self-sustainability. Some might take the day in a literal way and celebrate it by decorating one’s own room or simply enjoying the comfort and privacy of one’s own room. Others might take it figuratively and observe this day by shutting the metaphorical door to things they are no longer interested in and celebrating independence.

HOW TO OBSERVE A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN DAY

Do something creative in your room. Your room is your kingdom. Let out your creative skills and give your new room a new look. Add new furniture. Paint the walls. Make posters. Clean your room. The idea is to renovate your room and take it to the next level.

Share it on social media. Let everyone know that you're celebrating this day. Take pictures of your room after you have refurbished it and post them on social media. This will inspire many others to celebrate this day.

Read a good book about women. Many of the rights and freedoms today’s women enjoy are new. Read a good book about the struggle and the amazing women who led the fight.

5 FACTS ABOUT THE NOVEL “A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN” THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND

It was made for Cambridge student societies. Woolf wrote this essay based on two papers she read for two student societies in Cambridge.

Judith was a fictional character. Woolf invented the fictional character of Judith as the sister of William Shakespeare.

It had lesbianism. One section of the book deals with a fictional female writer's relationship with another woman.

It faced criticism. The book was criticized for the sensitive content and also because many women felt that women of color faced greater prejudice and discrimination, which was not covered in the novel.

It was adapted into plays“Balancing the Moon” (2011) was one of the many plays adapted from this novel.

WHY A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN DAY IS IMPORTANT

It allows us to appreciate the freedom of having our own room. Having a room of our own is a luxury that we often take for granted. Many people in this world either don’t have a roof over their heads or are sharing a house with others. This day allows us to appreciate the luxury of having our own rooms.

It is symbolic of independence. A Room of One's Own Day is symbolic of standing on our own and being independent. This day figuratively reminds us to have our rooms, that is, to be self-sufficient and not be dependent on others.

It reminds us to close the doors to things that are detrimental to our well-being. A Room of One's Own Day is a reminder that we need to close the door to people, and also things, that are toxic and hinder our growth and success. It is a day to be introspective and clear out the junk from your metaphorical “room”.

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"No need to hurry. There is no need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself."

Adeline Virginia Woolf née Stephen

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Adeline Virginia Alexandra Stephen le 25 janvier 1882 à Londres et morte le 28 mars 1941 à Rodmell

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Love letters between lesbian lovers : Virginia Woolf & vita sackville

((Victoria Mary, Lady Nicolson, CH, usually known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author and garden designer. Sackville-West was a successful novelist, poet and journalist, as well as a prolific letter writer and diarist. She published more than a dozen collections of poetry and 13 novels during her life. Wikipedia - Born: 9 March 1892// Died: 2 June 1962 — spouse: Harold))

((Adeline Virginia Woolf (/wʊlf/;[2] née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941: drowning River Ouse : bipolar) was an English writer. She is considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device.—- Novelist//essayist//publisher//critic — spouse: Leonard // sister: Vanessa Bell (artist/modernist painter)

— First published book: the voyage out//Mrs Dalloway//to the lighthouse//Orlando// a room of one’s own —

Always always always

I do miss you

I shall miss you

My God Virginia

If ever I was thrilled and frightened at the prospect …

How nice it is to be with you; you know I love you. .. there is a difference between love and like. So you are my love.”

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The greatest love stories are hidden in the brushstrokes

Of portraits you wouldn’t gaze at twice

But oh the scandal at the time of such hues to be produced on a canvas made with love in mind

My God Virginia

The garden blooms and I see your love proclaimed

in every petal and every word in your letters

Harold May never know your scent as I do and

while you’re away these flowers make do

Always always always

If ever I was thrilled and frightened at the prospect

Oh How nice it is to be with you;

Indeed you know I love you

Because there is difference in love and like

My God Virginia

I will continue to wait for you

In spring at the River oust

I do miss you

I shall miss you

My God Virginia

Always always always

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Arrivals & Departures . 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941 . Adeline Virginia Woolf née Stephen

Adeline Virginia Woolf (/wʊlf/; née Stephen;) was an English writer. She is considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors. She pioneered the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device.

Woolf was born into an affluent household in South Kensington, London. She was the seventh child of Julia Prinsep Jackson and Leslie Stephen in a blended family of eight that included the modernist painter Vanessa Bell. She was home-schooled in English classics and Victorian literature from a young age. From 1897 to 1901, she attended the Ladies' Department of King's College London. There, she studied classics and history, coming into contact with early reformers of women's higher education and the women's rights movement.

After her father's death in 1904, the Stephen family moved from Kensington to the more bohemian Bloomsbury, where, in conjunction with the brothers' intellectual friends, they formed the artistic and literary Bloomsbury Group. In 1912, she married Leonard Woolf, and in 1917, the couple founded the Hogarth Press, which published much of her work. They rented a home in Sussex and permanently settled there in 1940.

Woolf began writing professionally in 1900. During the inter-war period, Woolf was an important part of London's literary and artistic society, and its anti-war position. In 1915, she published her first novel, The Voyage Out, through her half-brother's publishing house, Gerald Duckworth and Company. Her best-known works include the novels Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and Orlando (1928). She is also known for her essays, such as A Room of One's Own (1929).

Woolf became one of the central subjects of the 1970s movement of feminist criticism. Her works, translated into more than 50 languages, have attracted attention and widespread commentary for inspiring feminism. A large body of writing is dedicated to her life and work. She has been the subject of plays, novels, and films. Woolf is commemorated by statues, societies dedicated to her work, and a building at the University of London.

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I've never seen a smiling face that was not beautiful. ~ unknown 👍💫💯 … Being beautiful is having self confidence… and smiling makes you beautiful. Your smile can change your life.

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people. ~ Virginia Woolf - Adeline Virginia Stephen

Virginia born January 25, 1882 Kensington, London, United Kingdom

Mrs Dalloway - Max Richter

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Virginia Woolf

Virginia once took part in a prank in which she and five of her male friends pretended to be the ‘Prince of Abyssinia’ and his entourage and were granted a tour of the HMS Dreadnought by Virginia's cousin Commander Fisher. On her birthday, 10 things you didn't know about Virginia Woolf.

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Virginia Woolf

Non c’è cancello, nessuna serratura, nessun bullone che potete regolare sulla libertà della mia mente.

Virginia Woolf è stata una delle scrittrici più importanti del XX secolo. I suoi lavori sono stati tradotti in oltre cinquanta lingue.

Eliminando la forma comune di dialogo diretto e la struttura tradizionale della trama, ha portato l’attenzione del romanzo al monologo interiore. Il tempo non viene concepito con una cronologia precisa, ma attraverso pensieri e ricordi suscitati dall’ambiente circostante.

Ha rappresentato lo scorrere del tempo in dodici ore La signora Dalloway del 1925, in pochi giorni Tra un atto e l’altro (uscito postumo nel 1941), in diversi anni Gita al faro (1927) o addirittura in tre secoli con Orlando del 1928.

Pioniera della narrazione attraverso il flusso di coscienza, la forma letteraria e stilistica era alterata dall’identità della figura, in uno scambio continuo e un’attenta corrispondenza tra l’esigenza psicologica e quella linguistica.

Il suo saggio Una stanza tutta per sé, del 1929,  decostruisce il linguaggio patriarcale in ambito letterario e sociale e ha ispirato il movimento femminista degli anni Sessanta e Settanta.

Nacque col nome di Adeline Virginia Stephen a Londra il 25 gennaio 1882 in una famiglia benestante, era figlia di Sir Leslie Stephen e Julia Jackson, entrambi precedentemente vedovi e con prole.

Allevata in un’atmosfera colta che ospitava spesso personaggi del mondo della cultura, manifestò presto la sua inclinazione letteraria, era una ragazzina quando, col fratello Toby diede vita a un giornale domestico, Hyde Park Gate News, una sorta di diario familiare in cui scrivevano storie inventate.

Fino al 1895, anno in cui sua madre morì, la famiglia passava l’estate in Cornovaglia, il luogo dei suoi ricordi più felici che influenzarono, successivamente, alcuni dei suoi scritti di maggior successo come La Stanza di Jacob, Al faro e Le Onde. 

La sua fu una tipica infanzia vittoriana, fatta di lezioni casalinghe, rispetto delle convenzioni, benessere e la sensazione costante che tutta la vita della casa e della numerosa famiglia ruotasse intorno alla madre, bella e distante. La morte precoce della donna, quando la scrittrice aveva tredici anni, le procurò un lungo periodo di depressione che rivelò i primi segni del disagio mentale che ha caratterizzato tutta la sua esistenza.

Dal 1897 al 1901, ha studiato storia e lettere classiche al King’s College. L’anno in cui fu ammessa agli studi universitari, morì anche la sorellastra, Stella. Questi eventi portarono al suo primo serio crollo nervoso.

Nel racconto autobiografico Momenti di essere e altri racconti ha raccontato che lei e la sorella Vanessa Bell avevano subito abusi sessuali da parte dei fratellastri George e Gerald Duckworth. Questo ha sicuramente influito sui frequenti esaurimenti nervosi, il disturbo bipolare e la psicosi che la portarono a diversi tentativi di suicidio.

Dopo la morte del padre, nel 1904, con cui aveva un rapporto conflittuale di amore e odio, lasciò, insieme al fratello Toby e alla sorella Vanessa la residenza di Hyde Park. La loro casa diventò il centro del famoso Bloomsbury Group, destinato a dominare per oltre un trentennio la cultura e la letteratura inglesi. Ogni giovedì sera vi si incontravano importanti intellettuali per discutere di politica, lettere e arte. Si parlava di arte, letteratura, sesso e al centro dei dibattiti finivano le definizioni di concetti come la bellezza, la verità e il bene. Spesso si metteva in discussione la morale corrente, in quanto il gruppo non tollerava la monarchia e, soprattutto, combatteva ogni discriminazione sull’orientamento sessuale e ogni distinzione tra uomo e donna.

Alimentata da quel clima di fervore intellettuale, dava ripetizioni serali alle operaie in periferia, si era avvicinata al movimento delle donne e scriveva le prime critiche letterarie per diversi giornali.

Nel 1912 sposò Leonard Woolf, teorico della politica. Tre anni dopo, ha pubblicato il suo primo romanzo La Crociera. Intanto il suo mal de vivre non la abbandonava, così come il desiderio di togliersi la vita.

Nel 1917 fondò, assieme al marito, la Hogarth Press piccola casa editrice che ha pubblicato gli scritti di Katherine Mansfield, Italo Svevo, Thomas Stearns Eliot e James Joyce.

Nel 1925 ha pubblicato Mrs Dalloway, in cui abbandona la struttura del romanzo tradizionale in favore della tecnica del flusso di coscienza e del monologo interiore.

Attiva nei movimenti femminili per il suffragio universale, si è sempre occupata del ruolo della donna nella società. Tema che si trova nel libro che ha tratteggiato la storia del femminismo moderno Una stanza tutta per sé, del 1929 e Le tre ghinee che approfondisce la figura dominante dell’uomo nella storia contemporanea.

All’amata scrittrice Vita Sackville-West ha dedicato il romanzo Orlando, del 1928, ambientato nell’epoca elisabettiana, che seguendo la vita del protagonista, che reca sia tratti femminili che maschili, si dipana in un arco temporale che va dal XVI al XX secolo. Nelle recensioni dell’epoca l’opera brillava soprattutto per l’uso innovativo dell’elemento temporale, oggi brilla nel suo essere il primo manifesto della fluidità di genere. Una critica alle etichette e alle limitazioni stabilite dai pregiudizi che promuove l’idea che l’identità di genere non debba essere determinata dal sesso biologico, eleggendo la realtà androgina allo stato più naturale delle cose. Attraverso questa opera ha sottolineato come ciò che rende un uomo tale agli occhi della società sia il potere che possiede dalla nascita, mentre una donna è caratterizzata solo dalla mancanza di quel potere, economico, culturale e fisico.

Nell’estate del 1940 ha pubblicato l’ultima opera Tra un atto e l’altro.

Mentre i disturbi mentali continuavano a tormentarla, era sempre più sopraffatta da crisi di ansia e insicurezza.

La Seconda Guerra Mondiale peggiorò le sue paure, vedeva la disintegrazione del mondo che la circondava e cominciava a sentire voci nella sua testa. Temendo di impazzire, decise di togliersi la vita. Si riempì le tasche di sassi e si lasciò annegare nel fiume Ouse, il 28 marzo 1941, aveva 59 anni.

Virginia Woolf, come James Joyce e altri suoi contemporanei, ha adottato le nuove tecniche narrative dei primi decenni del XX secolo.

Rifiutando le tecniche narrative convenzionali, era più interessata al tempo psicologico, alla vita della mente dei personaggi, dove passato, presente e futuro si sovrappongono in un flusso continuo reso attraverso flashback, associazioni di idee, impressioni ed emozioni temporanee.

Ha esplorato temi tipici del romanzo modernista come l’ansia, la crisi, le difficoltà di comunicazione e temi che la toccavano profondamente come la solitudine, la distinzione tra sogno e realtà, la malattia mentale e i pregiudizi nei confronti delle donne che impedivano loro di esprimere la propria identità.

È stata la scrittrice che ha inaugurato una nuova epoca, cambiato la narrazione e trattato, per prima e così a fondo, temi inerenti alla condizione femminile. Ha ispirato un modo differente di scrivere. Conosciuto e vissuto profondamente lo slancio e la caduta che ha riportato con intelligenza e verità, mettendosi completamente a nudo. Il suo fascino e personalità travalicano lo spazio temporale, incantando ancora chi la incontra nella lettura.

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Vanessa Bell, Black and white negative of Virginia Woolf wearing a bonnet hat and a wool coat [in Studland or may be little talland house, Firle, Sussex], 1910–12 

Vanessa Bell (née Stephen; 30 May 1879 – 7 April 1961) was an English painter and interior designer, a member of the Bloomsbury Group and the sister of Virginia Woolf (née Stephen).

Virginia Woolf | Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English writer. She is considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors. She pioneered the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device.

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VIRGINIA WOOLF

VIRGINIA WOOLF

1882-1941

            Virginia Woolf is in an English writer who was always writing, kept a diary, wrote poems and novels and even wrote reviews. She wrote to get her feelings down on paper and to write down what was taking place in her life and that around her. She started writing as a child and created a newspaper for her family to read. She published many novels, her first successful book was Mrs Dalloway (1925) and is best known for the historic fantasy Orlando (1928).

            Woolf was born Adeline Virginia Stephen into a wealthy family in South Kensington, London. She was sexually assaulted when she was aged 6 by her half-brother, and she and her sister continued to be abused by their half-brothers and cousins. Her father was a critic and biographer who educated her at home, and she later went to college in London to study classics and history. Her mother died in 1895 aged 49 and after her father died she became a figure in the ‘Bloomsbury Group’ of artists and writers.

            Woolf was described as witty, cultured and sensitive. In her college years she got in contact with the women’s rights movement. She was anti-colonialist, a pacifist, and was brought up in an atheist household. Woolf was critical of Christianity and didn’t believe there was a god. She had harsh views of the lower classes, made offensive remarks about the disabled, and discriminated against Jewish people (even though her husband was Jewish) and she also disliked Germans.

            Woolf married Leonard Woolf in 1912 and the couple were happy together, however the abuse she endured as a child affected her for the rest of her life. The couple founded Hogarth Press, which published most of her work and the couple lived in Sussex.

            She suffered from depression and could feel sad for weeks at a time. She had a difficult time after the death of members of her family and was sent to an institution numerous times. She suffered from insomnia and headaches, and later suffered after her house in London had been destroyed during the Blitz.

            In 1941 she had a mental breakdown and drowned herself in a river near her Sussex home. On 28 March, Woolf filled her coat pockets with stones and walked into the River Ouse, her body wasn’t found until three weeks later, despite the fact that her husband went to search for her. She was cremated and her remains were buried beneath an elm tree in the garden in Monk’s House, Rodmell, Sussex.

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Il Bloomsbury Group è un ideale a cui aspirare, "Una stanza tutta per sè" una sorta di Bibbia del pensare

Adeline Virginia Woolf, nata Stephen (Londra, 25 gennaio 1882 – Rodmell, 28 marzo 1941), è stata una scrittrice, saggista e attivista britannica. Suo padre, sir Leslie Stephen, fu autore, storico, critico letterario e alpinista. Sua madre, Julia Prinsep Jackson (1846-1895), nacque in India dal dottor John Jackson e dalla moglie Maria Theodosia “Mia” Pattle e in seguito si trasferì con la madre…

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