A Writer's Diary

Virginia Woolf

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Year: 2003
• ISBN:
  9780547546919
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literary Biographies
• Index: Literature

In her journals and writing exercises, this novelist "comes to us with all the brilliance, perceptiveness, and restraint we could wish" ( Kirkus Reviews ). From 1918 to 1941, even as she penned masterpiece upon masterpiece, Virginia Woolf kept a diary. She poured into it her thoughts, feelings, concerns, objections, interests, and disappointments—resulting in twenty-six volumes that give unprecedented insight into the mind of a genius. Collected here are the passages most relevant to her work and writing. From exercises in the craft of writing; to locations, events, and people that might inspire scenes in her fiction; to meditations on the work of others, A Writer's Diary takes a fascinating look at how one of the greatest novelists of the English language prepared, practiced, studied, and felt as she created literary history. Edited by and with a preface from her husband, Leonard Woolf, A Writer's Diary is a captivating must-read study for Woolf fans, aspiring writers, and anyone who has ever wanted a glimpse behind the curtain of brilliance.