The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf

by DeSalvo, Louise; Leaska, Mitchell A.

• ISBN13: 9781573441360
• ISBN10: 1573441368
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-11-06
• Publisher: Cleis Press

Summary

The legendary lesbian romance between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West showcased in intimate detail. After they met in 1922, Vita Sackville-West, a British novelist married to foreign diplomat Harold Nicolson, and Virginia Woolf began an intense and passionate relationship that lasted until Woolf's death in 1941. In their correspondence the two women left no aspect of their lives untouched: daily dramas, gossip, the strains and pleasures of writing, and joy in each other's company. Features 500 letters and 25 never-before-published photographs.

Table of Contents

Editorial Note	5	(2)
Introduction	7	(30)
March 1923 - Early 1924	37	(4)
March - December 1924	41	(10)
January- November 1925	51	(14)
December 1925 - January 1926	65	(12)
January - February 1926	77	(20)
March- May 1926	97	(10)
May- September 1926	107	(18)
October 1926- January 1927	125	(18)
January - February 1927	143	(6)
February- May 1927	149	(20)
May - September 1927	169	(28)
October- December 1927	197	(10)
January- April 1928	207	(20)
May- September 1928	227	(12)
October- December 1928	239	(14)
January- July 1929	253	(30)
July- December 1929	283	(16)
1930-1931	299	(2)
1932	301	(4)
1933	305	(22)
1934-1936	327	(6)
1937	333	(10)
1938	343	(10)
1939	353	(10)
1940 - 1942	363	(14)
Postcript	377	(1)
Index	378