Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)was born in London in a family where literature was the only reason for living.Woolf's youth was shadowed by series of emotional shocks.Her half-brother, sexually abused her.Her mother died from a bout of influenza,when Virginia was in her early teens.Her dear father suffered a slow death from stomach cancer(died in 1904). She he had a prolonged mental breakdown.Woolf moved with her sister and two brothers to the house in Bloomsbury. Virginia's economic situation improved when she inherited.From 1905 Woolf began to write.Woolf's mood swings,depression,physical ailments,headaches,and other symptoms are in current phychiatric parlance considered "psychosomatic",which include the so-called neurasthenic syndromes.Much of her writing reflected her inner conflicts.She developed innovative literary techniques in order to reveal women's experience and.In 1941 she committed suicide.-Kit:by PAM LEFORS:Alluring Moonlight Bundle Pack