The Platform of Time: Memoirs of Family and Friends (Hesperus Non-Fiction) - Tapa dura

"Recommended." --Choice

"You get a feel for the atmosphere of the time and the Bloomsbury Group . . . an interesting book if you want to know more about this particular group of writers and artists without having to wade through a lengthy volume." --New Books magazine

"Perceptive and thoughtful, this book illuminates one of the 20th century's most innovative writers." --Good Book Guide

"Brings together material either scattered through other collections or, in some cases, not republished since their first appearance . . . a most welcome complement to the longer pieces collected in Moments of Being." --The Year's Work in English Studies

Taking family, friends, and servants as her subjects, Virginia Woolf here presents a series of impressions of the people around her. As she describes their lives in this little known collection of sketches—including an in-depth piece on her nephew Julian Bell and works on Bloomsbury figures Lady Ottoline Morrell and Lady Strachey—she also reveals much about her own attitudes—to her writing, the war, and education. The result is a fascinating and revealing work that will significantly expand on what is currently available of her biographical writings. Acclaimed for her innovative style, Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) is one of the most important figures of the Modernist movement.