Treasures of The New York Public LibraryVirginia Woolf's NotebooksA modernist and feminist pioneer, Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) carved out new territory for artists, particularly women writers. She wrote with sensitivity and insight about the confusion, mystery and uncertainty of everyday life. Woolf's 1931 novel The Waves, originally drafted in a series of seven notebooks including those reproduced here, is among her best and most experimental works...