Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf was a British writer and one of the most prominent modernist literary figures of the 20th century. She was born on January 25, 1882, in London, England, to a wealthy family. Her father, Sir Leslie Stephen, was a renowned literary critic and editor, and her mother, Julia Jackson, was a talented artist. Woolf was educated at home by her parents and later attended King's College London. She began her writing career as a journalist and critic, contributing to various publications such as The Times Literary Supplement and The Guardian. In 1915, she published her first novel, The Voyage Out, which was followed by several other novels, including Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and Orlando. Woolf's writing was characterized by her use of stream-of-consciousness narrative technique, which allowed her to explore the inner lives of her characters in a way that was previously unseen in literature. Her works often dealt with themes of gender, sexuality, and mental illness, and she was known for her femini