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Virginia Woolf by Alexandra Harris

paul_isper's review

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informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

platch_woolf's review

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informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0

fluentinsilence's review against another edition

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5.0

Alexandra Harris' Virginia Woolf gaat vooral over de schrijvende persoon, pretendeert nooit een volledige biografie te zijn. ik heb redelijk veel over Woolf gelezen, inclusief Hermione Lee's fantastische biografie: dit is geen overbodig werk.

een bijzonder boek, Harris weet de kern van Woolfs werk (inderdaad, schrijversleven) te raken. inspirerend, goed geschreven: het is mooie literaire non-fictie.

(fragment.)

amyalicejakob's review against another edition

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informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

A good succinct biography of Virginia Woolf, but confirmed my feelings about biographies: dry. I know we don't want to romanticise death or reduce her to her death, but I felt like it passed in one short sentence and little else was said about it. More was said about all the biographies written about her than about how her life ended? She was a prolific journal writer and letter writer, surely more must be known??

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carolinevs's review

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challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

3.5

asbelin's review against another edition

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4.0

[перед этим ревью открыла русскую википедию, просто чтобы сравнить. ужасно просто, теперь думаю, что всё, что я знаю о писателях из школы, полная муть.]

краткая биография абсолютно великой и современной женщины. подойдет тем, кто совсем ничего не читал у/про вульф. (как я). я прям теперь влюблена абсолютно

nonsenselliot's review against another edition

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informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

suebarsby's review

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4.0

Enjoyable short biog, providing context for her novels and exploring how her reputation has changed and how she has been served by commentators through the years.
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