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Anne Fernald’s review of Virginia Woolf: A Portrait

Wednesday 1 July 2015 by Paula Maggio

In her usual style, Anne Fernald has posted an educated and thoughtful review of Viviane Forrester’s new biography, Virginia Woolf: A Portrait, on the Open Letter Monthly website.

A new biography of Virginia Woolf gives us new ways to think about her life and art. @Fernham reviews. http://t.co/q3uti7XI6B

— Open Letters Monthly (@olmonthly) July 1, 2015

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