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By: Tom Lohmaier.  Even though Virginia Woolf had many hard times with her childhood and past experiences, she overcame many obstacles to become one.

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1 By: Tom Lohmaier

2  Even though Virginia Woolf had many hard times with her childhood and past experiences, she overcame many obstacles to become one of the best writers in the Modern Era

3  Modern literature was at an all time high from 1910 to 1920  It featured such writers such writers as, Joseph Conrad, Robert Frost, Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, and many other talented writers  It is debatable to say that the Modern Era was the best time when it came to the greatness of writers

4  Born on January 25, 1882 in London England  Leslie Stephen and Julia Stephen were her parents  She was homeschooled  Her dad had a library  1 sister, 2 brothers

5  Had several panic attacks since the age of 6  Her step brothers sexually abused her and her sister till their teen years  When she was 12 she jumped out of a window and because of a nervous breakdown  Mom died suddenly because of heart failure when she was 13  8 years later her dad died of old age

6  She used her personal life and it was brilliant writing  She traveled all around the world to get inspirations  Using current events to make short stories

7  Her Diary had some disturbing things about her inside  She married a Jewish man but claimed she hated the Jewish laugh and smile  The diary also showed she was a fan of same sex relationships  She wrote inappropriate remarks about people who she did not like and or criticized her writings

8  Wrote in 1927  Was written in her trip to France  Was inspired by her family trip to the beach in the summer  Moral of the story: Get along with your family because you never know when they will be gone or not be around anymore

9  The Voyage Out (1915)  Night and Day (1919)  Jacob's Room (1920)  Monday or Tuesday (1921)  Mrs. Dalloway (1925)  The Common Reader, First Series (1925)  To the Lighthouse (1927)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Orlando (1928)  A Room of One's Own (1929)  The Waves (1931)  Flush: A Biography (1933)  The Common Reader, Second Series (1925)  The Years (1937)  Three Guineas (1938)  Between the Acts (1941)  The Death of the Moth and Other Essays (1942)  A Haunted House and Other Short Stories (1944)

10  She died on March 28, 1941 at the age of 59  She drowned herself by putting rocks in her pockets and walking into the River near her house  She couldn’t handle one more panic attack in her life

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