Virginia Woolf was born in London in 1882 and received her education at home, primarily through extensive reading in the library of her father, Sir Leslie Stephen , a prominent Victorian literary critic and philosopher. Her early intellectual development was influenced by frequent contact with scholars, critics, and exposure to classical studies, including Greek. The death of her mother in 1895 marked the beginning of a long struggle with depression and emotional instability, which would continue throughout her life. After the death of her father in 1904, Virginia and her siblings moved to the Bloomsbury area of London, where their home became a meeting place for a group of writers, artists, and intellectuals later known as the Bloomsbury Group . This group was characterized by its rejection of Victorian conventions, its liberal views on art, society, and politics, and its skepticism toward religion. In her later years, Woolf experienced recurring mental health crises, often marked ...
Virginia Woolf was born in London in 1882 and received her education at home, primarily through extensive reading in the library of her father, Sir Leslie Stephen , a prominent Victorian literary critic and philosopher. Her early intellectual development was influenced by frequent contact with scholars, critics, and exposure to classical studies, including Greek. The death of her mother in 1895 marked the beginning of a long struggle with depression and emotional instability, which would continue throughout her life. After the death of her father in 1904, Virginia and her siblings moved to the Bloomsbury area of London, where their home became a meeting place for a group of writers, artists, and intellectuals later known as the Bloomsbury Group . This group was characterized by its rejection of Victorian conventions, its liberal views on art, society, and politics, and its skepticism toward religion. In her later years, Woolf experienced recurring mental health crises, often marked ...