Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)

In 1878, Leslie Stephen and Julia Jackson Duckworth married, a second marriage for both. They gave birth to Adeline Virginia Stephen four years later on the 26th of March at 22 Hyde Park Gate, London. Virginia followed Vanessa and Julian Thoby and preceded Adrian. Leslie Stephen began his career as a clergyman but soon became agnostic and took up journalism. He and Julia provided their children with a home of wealth and comfort. Virginia, though denied the …

…from her diary, nine novels, and a volume of short stories. In March of 1941, Woolf left a suicide note behind for her husband and sister before drowning herself in a nearby river. She feared her madness was returning and that she would not be able to continue writing. She wished to spare her loved ones. The time was World War II England; she and Leonard had sworn to commit suicide if the Nazis had invaded.