Wise Virgins: A Story of Words, Opinions, and a Few Emotions

by Leonard Woolf

Book Overview

The Wise Virgins (1914), Leonard Woolf's second novel, was published two years after the author's marriage to Virginia Stephen--and begun during their honeymoon. The autobiographical elements of the book are well documented. Its publication caused acute distress to Woolf's family. Leonard's sister, Bella, urged him to bury the novel, while his mother was shocked and mortified by unflattering portraits of herself and her neighbors. Two weeks after...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300126530
• ISBN13: 9780300126532
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 7.6"