The only time I thought of Virginia as being eclipsed was w… - Vita Sackville-West

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The only time I thought of Virginia as being eclipsed was when the sun himself shared her darkening and I saw her standing wraithlike on a Yorkshire moor while the shadow swept onwards towards totality

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Victoria Mary Sackville-West, The Hon Lady Nicolson, CH (9 March 1892 – 2 June 1962), most famous as Vita Sackville-West, was an English poet, novelist and writer on gardening. She is sometimes considered part of the Bloomsbury group, and well known as the inspiration for Virginia Woolf's novel Orlando: A Biography.

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Birth Name: Victoria Mary Sackville-West

Alternative Names: Lady Victoria Sackville-West • Victoria Mary Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson • Victoria Sackville-West • V. Sackville-West • Victoria (Vita) Sackville-West

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