Virginia Woolf in Richmond

Fullagar Peter

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"I ought to be grateful to Richmond & Hogarth, and indeed, whether it's my invincible optimism or not, I am grateful." - Virginia WoolfAlthough more commonly associated with Bloomsbury, Virginia and her husband Leonard Woolf lived in Richmond-upon-Thames for ten years from the time of the First World War (1914-1924). Refuting the common misconception that she disliked the town, this book explores her daily habits as well as her intimate thoughts while living at the pretty house she came to love - Hogarth House.Drawing on information from her many letters and diaries, the author reveals how Richmond's relaxed way of life came to influence the writer, from her experimentation as a novelist to her work with her husband and the Hogarth Press, from her relationships with her servants to her many famous visitors.Reviews"Lively, diverse and readable, this book captures beautifully Virginia Woolf's time in leafy Richmond,her mixed emotions over this exile from central London, and its influence on her life and work.This illuminating book is a valuable addition to literary history, and a must-read for every Virginia Woolf enthusiast- Emma Woolf, writer, journalist, presenter and Virginia Woolf's great nieceAbout the AuthorPeter Fullagar is a former English Language teacher, having lived and worked in diverse locations such as Tokyo and Moscow. He became fascinated by the works of Virginia Woolf while writing his dissertation for his Masters in English Literature and Language.During his teaching career he was head of department at a private college in West London. He has written articles and book reviews for the magazineEnglish Teaching ProfessionalandThe Huffington Post. His first short story will be published in an anthology entitledTempestin March 2019.Peter was recently interviewed for theforthcoming film about the project to fund, create and install a new full-sized bronze statue of Virginia Woolf in Richmond-upon-Thames.

Sujets

• Reino Unido
• Modern history
• Diaries
• United Kingdom
• Great Britain
• Royaume-Uni

Informations

• Publié par: Distributed By PublishDrive
• Date de parution: 15 novembre 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781912430048
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Peter Fullagar
Peter Fullagar was raised in Kent and studied for a BA (Hons) in English and Sociology at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, before going on to complete an MA in English Language and Literature at the University of Westminster.
He is a published writer and editor, formerly an English teacher who ventured to work in Tokyo and Moscow. His short stories and articles have been published in anthologies and magazines, including English Teaching Professional as well as The Huffington Post.
He lives in Berkshire with his partner.
www.peterjfullagar.co.uk


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VIRGINIA WOOLF
in
RICHMOND
written and selected by
Peter Fullagar








Contents
Foreword by Paula Maggio
A Chronology of Virginia Woolf
Introduction
Virginia’s Richmond
The Hogarth Press
Woolf on Writing
Family in the Richmond Era
Virginia and her Servants
Gatherings with Woolf
Health
Photographs
Virginia at her Leisure
Woolf on War
Leonard’s Viewpoint
A Lasting Legacy
Recommended Reading
Endnotes
Index


Acknowledgements
The author would like to thank all those who made this book possible, especially The Society of Authors, Sussex University, Penguin Random House and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for permission to include extracts from the published works of both Virginia and Leonard Woolf.
I’m grateful too for invaluable mentoring from Cheryl Robson at Aurora Metro and to Ferroccio, Angie and Piers for your support and encouragement. Special thanks must go to Paula Maggio for writing the foreword as well as Emma Woolf for her input and inspiration.
Thanks also to my family and friends for your support through the writing of this book, which is dedicated to my father, Gordon Fullagar (1942-2017).


Foreword
by Paula Maggio
Richmond often fails to get the respect it deserves from Virginia Woolf scholars and readers. You won’t find it in the index of Virginia Woolf A to Z by Mark Hussey, the premiere reference book for Woolf scholars. You will hear it characterized as a place Woolf disliked. And if you made a pilgrimage to the very Richmond building where Virginia and Leonard lived the longest – Hogarth House, located at 24 Paradise Road – you may have failed to notice it at all. I made that trip from London on an overcast, rainy day in June 2016, meeting Emma Woolf, great-niece of the literary couple, in a small café across the street from the Richmond train station. Ironically, Virginia’s famous quote used by many food establishments and food writers – ‘One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well’ – decorated the main wall of the café, suggesting a connection to Virginia but not explaining it. From the café, Emma and I embarked on a brief walking tour of Richmond. When we arrived at Hogarth House, we were chagrined to see that it was suffering from neglect. A thick overgrown vine covered much of the building’s front exterior at the ground level, almost completely obscuring the blue plaque marking it as an historic site where the couple lived from 1915-1924 and where they founded the Hogarth Press. Unpainted plywood covered the main entrance and its sidelights. A large sign with a colorful list of “Site Safety” cautions was prominently affixed to the front door of the Georgian brick home, warning visitors away.
Since then, some things have changed. In the fall of 2017, realtors put a refurbished Hogarth House on the market at a price of £4.4 million, garnering it much publicity as the Woolfs’ former home. Photos showed a pristine entryway set off by four glossy white pillars, with the formerly overgrown vine now neatly trained around windows and along the black wrought iron fence. It no longer obscured the historic blue plaque. Around that same time, a local arts charity, Aurora Metro, began promoting its campaign to erect a life-sized full figure statue of Virginia Woolf seated on a bench on Richmond Riverside and to raise £50,000 to fund its cost. Fittingly, the piece by acclaimed sculptor Laury Dizengremel is meant to recognize the ten years Virginia spent in Richmond.
Dizengremel’s sculpture also pays homage to the work Virginia completed there, as well as Richmond’s appearance in her later fiction. While living in Richmond, Virginia wrote countless reviews and essays, along with such fiction as Two Stories (1917), Kew Gardens (1919), Night and Day (1919), Monday or Tuesday (1921), and Jacob’s Room (1922). Richmond also figured as a location in her later writing as well.
Virginia Woolf in Richmond by Peter Fullagar, is a timely companion piece to this recent recognition – of Richmond in general and Hogarth House in particular