The world wavered and quivered and threatened to burst into… - Virginia Woolf

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The world wavered and quivered and threatened to burst into flames.

Virginia Woolf

Mrs. Dalloway · October 28, 2002 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Virginia Woolf (25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941), born Adeline Virginia Stephen, was a British writer who is considered to be one of the foremost modernist/feminist literary figures of the twentieth century.

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Birth Name: Adeline Virginia Stephen • Adeline Virginia Alexandra Stephen

Alternative Names: Virginia Stephen • Adeline Virginia Woolf • Virginia Adeline Woolf • Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf • Virginia Stephen Woolf • Adeline Virginia Alexandra Woolf

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