A Writer's Diary

Recommended by Juliet Gardiner, and 1 others. See all reviews

Ranked #11 in Journals, Ranked #29 in Diariessee more rankings.

An invaluable guide to the art and mind of Virginia Woolf, drawn by her husband from the personal record she kept over a period of twenty-seven years. Included are entries that refer to her own writing, others that are clearly writing exercises; accounts of people and scenes relevant to the raw material of her work; and comments on books she was reading. Edited and with a Preface by Leonard Woolf; Indices.
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Juliet Gardiner I think she is the finest diarist of the 20th century. Nobody comes near her. She is so brilliant, but she’s snobbish and anti-semitic. (Source)


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