{"product_id":"love-letters-vita-and-virginia-paperback","title":"Love Letters: Vita and Virginia - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVita Sackville-West\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVirginia Woolf\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eDelve into a legendary literary love affair\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I am reduced to a thing that wants Virginia. I composed a beautiful letter to you in the sleepless nightmare hours of the night, and it has all gone. I just miss you...'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt a dinner party in 1922, Virginia Woolf met the renowned author, aristocrat - and sapphist - Vita Sackville-West. Virginia wrote in her diary that she didn't think much of Vita's conversation, but she did think very highly of her legs. It was to be the start of almost twenty years of flirtation, friendship, and literary collaboration. Their correspondence ended only with Virginia's death in 1941. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntimate and playful, these selected letters and diary entries allow us to hear these women's constantly changing feelings for each other in their own words. Eavesdrop on the affair that inspired Virginia to write her most fantastical novel, \u003ci\u003eOrlando\u003c\/i\u003e, and discover a relationship that - even a hundred years later - feels radical and relatable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWITH A NEW INTRODUCTION FROM ALISON BECHDEL, AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eFUN HOME\u003c\/i\u003e AND CREATOR OF THE BECHDEL TEST.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVita Sackville-West\u003c\/b\u003e (1892-1962) was born at Knole in Kent, the only child of aristocratic parents. In 1913 she married diplomat Harold Nicolson, with whom she had two sons and travelled extensively. They had an unconventional marriage, and troughout her life Sackville-West had a number of other relationships with both men and women. She wrote novels, non-fiction, and poetry, including \u003ci\u003eThe Land \u003c\/i\u003e(1926), which won the Hawthorden Prize. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVirginia Woolf (1882-1941) was born in London. She became a central figure in The Bloomsbury Group, an informal collective of British writers, artists and thinkers. In 1912 Virginia married Leonard Woolf, a writer and social reformer. She wrote many works of literature which are now considered masterpieces, including \u003ci\u003eMrs Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTo the Lighthouse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOrlando\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Waves\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlison Bechdel\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of three internationally acclaimed graphic memoirs, \u003ci\u003eFun Home: A Family Tragicomic, Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Secret to Superhuman Strength. Fun Home\u003c\/i\u003e was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, won an Eisner Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. It was named a Best Book of the 21st Century by the \u003ci\u003eGuardian, \u003c\/i\u003ewas adapted to a broadway musical which won five Tony Awards and is currently being adapted for cinema. For twenty-five years, she wrote and drew the comic strip \u003ci\u003eDykes to Watch Out For\u003c\/i\u003e, a visual chronicle of modern life - queer and otherwise - considered 'one of the preeminent oeuvres in the comics genre'. Alison Bechdel is guest editor of \u003ci\u003eBest American Comics\u003c\/i\u003e, 2011, and has drawn comics for \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2014 she was named as one of the recipients of the MacArthur 'Genius' Award. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ehttp: \/\/dykestowatchoutfor.com\/\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 6.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50329911951597,"sku":"9781784876722","price":26.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/RKaQjheGv09781784876722.webp?v=1784918178","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/love-letters-vita-and-virginia-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}